British sloop 'Echo' (1780)

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1797 Renamed "Biter"
(1797)
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Echo
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French cutter 'L'Hussard' (1779) (18) 1779-1780 French 18 Gun Unrated Cutter
Captured	5.7.1780	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	NNF-1774
Ship Class	Cerf Class (1778)	NNF-1774
Designed by	Jaques DenysFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1782	NNF-1774
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1714
Wrecked	13.2.1781	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck84' 7"Imperial Feet25.6477
Length of Keel64' 2"Imperial Feet19.5199
Breadth28' 2 ¼"Imperial Feet8.5408
Depth in Hold11' 7"Imperial Feet3.5306
Burthen271 ¹⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

10.1780Broadside Weight = 54 Imperial Pound ( 24.489 kg)BWAS-1714
Gun Deck18 British 6-Pounder

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
3.10.1780 - 13.2.1781Commander ADM 6/22/178BWAS-1714

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
27.10.1780 - 1.3.1781MasterADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1780Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
12.1780Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £2886.18.11dBWAS-1714
13.2.1781Collided with a privateer in Plymouth sound and then struck a rock and founderedBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 29-1 Document

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

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Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:37	Jon Miller	British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 10' (1797) (14) 1797-1802 British 14 Gun Unrated Gunboat 1797 Renamed "Biter"
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