British Fifth Rate ship 'Diomede' (1781)

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Diomede

3923
Nominal Guns44BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered14.8.1779BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down3.1780BWAS-1714
Launched18.10.1781BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBristol - England BWAS-1714
Ship ClassRoebuck Class (1769)BWAS-1714
Designed by
Sir Thomas SladeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1744-1783
BWAS-1714
Constructor
James Martin HillhouseBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1779-1804
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShipBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Wrecked2.8.1795BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck140' 0"Imperial Feet42.672 
Length of Keel116' 0 ½"Imperial Feet35.3695 
Breadth37' 11"Imperial Feet11.2812 
Depth in Hold16' 4"Imperial Feet4.8937 
Burthen887 37⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


18.10.1781Broadside Weight = 285 Imperial Pound ( 129.2475 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck20 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck22 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1769280Design Complement

5 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
4.10.1781 - 4.12.1783Captain
Thomas Lennox FrederickBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1799
ADM 6/22/348BWAS-171421.9.1790 - 20.11.1790Captain
Francis ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1795
ADM 6/24/68ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 22.3.1793Captain
Henry WarreBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1810
ADM 6/24/88ADM 6/2423.3.1793 - 27.4.1793Commander
Robert Manning HichensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1766-1809
Transfered ADM 6/24/222ADM 6/241.5.1793 - 2.8.1795Captain
Mathew SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1815
ADM 6/24/234BWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
22.11.1790 - 20.12.1792First Lieutenant
Robert LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1830
Transfered ADM 6/24/89ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 28.12.1792Second Lieutenant
Mathew ForsterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1809
Transfered ADM 6/24/89ADM 6/2422.11.1790 - 28.2.1793Third Lieutenant
Joseph MourilyanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1794
Transfered ADM 6/24/90ADM 6/2427.8.1791 - 7.1.1793Second Lieutenant
Thomas HaywardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1793
TransferedADM 6/241.4.1793 - 17.5.1793First Lieutenant
Samuel BlowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1799
ADM 6/24/225ADM 6/241.4.1793 - 18.7.1793Second Lieutenant
George PattisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1802
Transfered ADM 6/24/225ADM 6/2418.5.1793 - 2.8.1795First Lieutenant
James IrwinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1810
ADM 6/24/239ADM 6/2419.7.1793 - 2.8.1795Third Lieutenant
Peter SetonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1795
ADM 6/24/256ADM 6/2414.10.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
Thomas HaywardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1775-1793
ADM 6/24/274ADM 6/24

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
7.5.1793 - 2.8.1794Captain's Servant
Charles AllenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1840
ADM 6/24/256NL1865

Service History


DateEventSource
18.10.1781building at Bristol - England at a cost of £14594.9.5dBWAS-1714
8.6.1782Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
20.12.1782Capture of the South Carolina
7.1783Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £16481.0.0dBWAS-1714
4.12.1783

Paid off

ADM 33
1.1785Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
3.1785Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £5963.9.0dBWAS-1714
6.1791Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
22.10.1794Action off Mauritius
2.8.1795Wrecked off TrincomaleeBWAS-1714


Notes on Ship


The Gentleman's Magazine May 1831 p471TGM
Refers to the wreck in an obituary." struck upon a rock, not laid down in any chart, at the entrance of the harbour of Trincomalee."
 
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