British Fifth Rate frigate 'Blanche' (1786)

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Blanche	3322
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	9.8.1782	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	7.1783	BWAS-1793
Launched	10.7.1786	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	1.1789	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bursledon - Hampshire	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Hermione Class (1780)	BWAS-1793
Designed by	Edward HuntBritish Ship Builder Administrator Dockyard Staff Service 1757-1809	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Thomas CalhounBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	28.9.1799	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck129' 0"Imperial Feet39.3192
Length of Keel107' 0 ⅜"Imperial Feet32.6231
Breadth35' 7 ½"Imperial Feet10.6807
Depth in Hold12' 7"Imperial Feet3.7465
Draught Forward9' 6"Imperial Feet2.8956
Draught Aft13' 6"Imperial Feet4.0132
Burthen722 ⁴⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

4.1789Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1.1789220EstablishmentBWAS-1793

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
24.1.1789 - 16.6.1792Captain: on board from 2.2.1789 ADM 6/23/504ADM 6/2310.9.1792 - 4.6.1794Captain Transfered ADM 6/24/173BWAS-17935.1794 - 6.1.1795Captain†BWAS-17936.1.1795 - 6.1796CaptainBWAS-179313.6.1796 - 1797CaptainBWAS-17931797 - 20.8.1798Captain ADM 6/24/281BWAS-17936.7.1799 - 28.9.1799Commander ADM 196/3/4NBD1849

10 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
24.1.1789 - 16.6.1792First Lieutenant ADM 6/23/504ADM 6/2324.1.1789 - 16.6.1792Second Lieutenant ADM 6/23/504ADM 6/2310.9.1792 - 4.11.1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/173ADM 6/2410.9.1792 - 15.8.1793Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/173ADM 6/2410.9.1792 - 7.8.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/173ADM 6/248.8.1793 - 4.11.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/260ADM 6/245.11.1793 - 10.2.1794Second Lieutenant Discharged Dead ADM 6/24/281ADM 6/245.11.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/281ADM 6/241795First LieutenantODNB1795Second LieutenantTNC

3 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1793 - 8.1.1793First Surgeons' Materef:19811795ArmourerBG25.6.1795 - 10.9.1795MasterADM 29-1

6 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
5.4.1794 - 23.10.1796Master's Mate ADM 9/6/1983ADM 91795MidshipmanBG1795MidshipmanADM 171/81795QuartermasterBG1795QuartermasterBG6.1.1795 - 1795Midshipman

4 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
21.2.1789 - 16.6.1792UnknownADM 29/81795Able SeamanADM 171/81795Able SeamanADM 171/817952nd Class BoyADM 171/8

2 Marines

DatesRankNameSource
1795Lieutenant of Marinesref:9291795Sergeant of MarinesBG

Service History

DateEventSource
8.1786Coppered at Portsmouth and then laid upBWAS-1793
8.1786Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
25.4.1789Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6615.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.5.1789Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
16.6.1792

Paid off

ADM 51
7.1792Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
10.1792Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
26.11.1792Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1793
1.10.1793Took the Privateer
8.10.1793Took the Privateer
30.12.1793Took the Privateer
30.12.1794Took a schooner at DeseadaBWAS-1714
6.1.1795Blanche vs Pique
6.1.1795Took the Frigate off Guadeloupe
17.4.1795Took a small privateer off Santa LuciaBWAS-1793
8.1795Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
10.1795Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £6172.0.0dBWAS-1714
12.1795Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
19.12.1796Blanche vs Ceres
20.11.1797Took the Brig on the Lisbon stationBG
27.12.1797Took the Brig in Latitude 40 deg. 59 min. N. and Longitude 12 deg. 59 min. W. after a chace of 16 hoursBG
2.1798Took the Privateer ref:692
20.8.1798

Paid off

ADM 35
1799Converted to a storeshipBWAS-1793
6.1799Began fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
8.1799Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
8.1799Completed fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £5397.0.0dBWAS-1714
28.9.1799Grounded in the entrance to the Texel and became a total loss.BWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

Captain [Robert Faulknor] was killed in the action against the [HMXMF FLeur de Lys (1785)|Pique].

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 171/8British Admiralty, Document

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 29/8 Archive

ADM 35 Archive

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 9 Archive

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

TNCVarious, Periodical

ref:1981 Document

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

ref:929Paul Harris Nicolas, Book

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