British sloop 'Cruizer' (1797)

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Cruizer

3759
Nominal Guns16SNL1799
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered19.12.1796SNL1799
Keel Laid Down2.1797SNL1799
Acquired20.12.1797SNL1799
How acquiredPurchased on the StocksSNL1799
ShipyardIpswich - Suffolk SNL1799
Ship ClassCruizer Class (1797)SNL1799
Designed by
William RuleBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1778-1813
SNL1799
Constructor
Stephen TeagueBritish
Ship Builder
SNL1799
CategoryUnratedSNL1799
Ship TypeSloopSNL1799
Sailing RigBrigSNL1799
Sold for Break Up3.2.1819SNL1799

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48 
Length of Keel77' 3"Imperial Feet23.4805 
Breadth30' 7"Imperial Feet9.3218 
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719 
Draught Forward7' 6"Imperial Feet2.286 
Draught Aft11' 2"Imperial Feet3.4036 
Burthen384 31⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


20.12.1797Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1797121Design Complement

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
2.1798 - 1800Commander
Charles WollastonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1841
BWAS-17931.1801 - 2.4.1801Commander
James BrisbaneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1802
BWAS-17933.4.1801 - 22.1.1806Commander
John HancockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1815
BWAS-179322.1.1806 - 1808Commander
Pringle StoddartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1808
BWAS-17931808 - 26.3.1808Commander
George Charles MackenzieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1815
BWAS-179326.3.1808 - 7.1808Captain
George Charles MackenzieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1815
BWAS-17937.1808 - 26.11.1808Lieutenant
Thomas WellsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1812
BWAS-179326.11.1808 - 11.1813Commander
Thomas Richard TokerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1818
BWAS-1793

4 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
10.4.1804 - 1.5.1804Acting Lieutenant
Hopewell Hayward BuddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1836
NBD18491.5.1804 - 8.1804Lieutenant
Hopewell Hayward BuddBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1836
NBD18493.1806 - 23.8.1807Lieutenant
James WoodfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1807
†ref:100814.9.1807 - 13.3.1812Lieutenant
John AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1846
NBD1849

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
3.1802 - 1805Midshipman
Robert Ball BoardmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1818
NBD1849

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
2.3.1801 - 5.18011st Class Volunteer
Edward Hollingworth DelafosseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1816
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource

2.1797Began building at Ipswich - Suffolk BWAS-1793
20.12.1797Completed building at Ipswich - Suffolk at a cost of £4588.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1.1798Began fitting at Chatham - Kent BWAS-1793
16.3.1798Completed fitting at Chatham - Kent at a cost of £3362.0.0dBWAS-1793
27.4.1798Took the Lugger
Le Jupiter (8) 1798-1798
French 8 Gun
Privateer Lugger

19.5.1798Took the Lugger
Le Chasseur (4) 1798-1798
French 4 Gun
Privateer Lugger

21.5.1799Took the Privateer
Les Deux Frères (14) 1799-1799
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown

23.3.1800Took the Cutter
Le Persévérant (14) 1798-1800
French 14 Gun
Privateer Cutter
on the Brown BankBG
25.3.1800Took the Privateer
Le Filibustier (14) 1800-1800
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown

2.4.1801Battle of Copenhagen
14.6.1803Action of 1803-06-14
8.3.1804In company with
Rattler (16) 1795-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, her boats cut out and burnt
La Colombe (4) 1804-1804
French 4 Gun
Unrated Cutter
at SluysBWAS-1793
16.5.1804Attack on Ver Huell's squadron
18.11.1804Took the Privateer
Le Contre-Amiral Magon (17) 1804-1804
French 17 Gun
Privateer Unknown
In the North Sea
13.11.1805Took the Lugger
Le Vengeur (14) 1805-1805
French 14 Gun
Privateer Lugger
BG
6.1.1807Took the Brig
L'Iéna (16) 1806-1807
French 16 Gun
Privateer Brig

26.1.1807Took the Privateer
Le Brave (16) 1806-1807
French 16 Gun
Privateer Unknown

31.5.1809Took the Unrated
Christianborg (6) 1809-1809
Danish 6 Gun
Unrated Unknown
off Bornholm
3.2.1819Sold at Sheerness to Job Cockshot for £960 to be broken upBWAS-1793

 
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