British sloop 'Florida' (1774)
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Florida
4285
Nominal Guns
6
BWAS-1714
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Purchased
1774
BWAS-1714
Shipyard
Unknown
BWAS-1714
Category
Unrated
BWAS-1714
Ship Type
Sloop
BWAS-1714
Sold
18.5.1778
BWAS-1714
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck
56' 0"
Imperial Feet
17.0688
Length of Keel
41' 0"
Imperial Feet
12.4968
Breadth
17' 6"
Imperial Feet
5.2034
Depth in Hold
6' 0"
Imperial Feet
1.8288
Burthen
68
Tons BM
Armament
1774
Broadside Weight = 5 Imperial Pound ( 2.2677 kg)
BWAS-1714
Gun Deck
6 British Light Guns
Gun Deck
8 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
1774
16
BWAS-1714
4 Ship Commanders
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
3.2.1774
-
26.6.1777
Lieutenant
Charles Cobb
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1774-1873
ADM 6/21/74
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
Confirmed
24.2.1775
ADM 6/21
26.6.1777
-
1778
Lieutenant
John Osborn
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/21/294
Issued by
Clark Gayton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1782
,
Jamaica -
Greater Antilles
ADM 6/21
1778
-
1.1778
Lieutenant
John Willett Payne
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1766-1802
BWAS-1714
23.2.1778
-
1778
Lieutenant
James Kirkland
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1791
ADM 6/21/436
Issued by
Clark Gayton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1782
,
Jamaica -
Greater Antilles
Confirmed
22.7.1778
ADM 6/21
Service History
Date
Event
Source
1774
Commissioned as a surveying vessel
BWAS-1714
17.1.1778
Condemned
BWAS-1714
18.5.1778
Sold at Pensacola
BWAS-1714
Notes on Ship
Origin
BWAS-1714
Mercantile
West Florida?
purchased in the West Indies
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/21
ADM 6/21 Commission and Warrant Book 1774 Jan.-1779 June
Archive
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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