British Fifth Rate frigate 'Juno' (1780)

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Juno

4964
Nominal Guns32BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered21.10.1778BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down12.1778BWAS-1714
Launched30.9.1780BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardBatson's Yard - Limehouse Hole BWAS-1714
Ship ClassAmazon Class (1770)BWAS-1714
Designed by
John WilliamsBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1762-1784
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Robert BatsonBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1751-1800
BWAS-1714
CategoryFifth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeFrigateBWAS-1714
Sailing RigShip RiggedBWAS-1714
Broken Up7.1811BWAS-1714

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 6 ½"Imperial Feet38.4175 
Length of Keel104' 7 ½"Imperial Feet31.7119 
Breadth35' 2 ¼"Imperial Feet10.6744 
Depth in Hold12' 1 ½"Imperial Feet3.6703 
Draught Forward8' 4"Imperial Feet2.54 
Draught Aft13' 3"Imperial Feet3.9878 
Burthen689 29⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


30.9.1780Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper 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
1770220Design Complement

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
20.9.1780 - 16.3.1785Captain
James MontaguBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1794
ADM 6/22/173BWAS-171410.5.1790 - 4.9.1791Captain
Samuel HoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
ADM 6/24/27BWAS-17145.9.1791 - 1794Captain
Samuel HoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1814
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/241794 - 1.1796Captain
Rt Hon. Amelius BeauclerkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1890
BWAS-17143.1794 - 10.11.1795Captain
Rt Hon. Amelius BeauclerkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1890
NBD18498.1798 - 1801Captain
George DundasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
BWAS-17141802 - 10.1802Captain
John ManleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1765-1813
BWAS-171410.1802 - 2.1807Captain
Henry RichardsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1807
BWAS-17142.1807 - 7.1807Captain
Sir Charles Marsh SchombergBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1824
BWAS-17147.1807 - 9.7.1807Captain
Granville ProbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1804-1816
BWAS-1714

5 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
4.9.1784 - 16.3.1785First Lieutenant
Nicholas TomlinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1830
ADM 6/23/307
Issued by
Edward HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1793
, East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 13.12.1785ADM 6/233.9.1791 - 23.12.1792Second Lieutenant
John ServanteBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1782-1794
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/245.9.1791 - 1791First Lieutenant
James TurnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1796
ADM 6/24/133ADM 6/2410.9.1791 - 1793Third Lieutenant
Thomas Byam MartinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1849
ADM 6/24/134ADM 6/2424.12.1792 - 1792Second Lieutenant
Samuel MasonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1792
ADM 6/24/186ADM 6/24

6 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
3.1791 - 1792Midshipman
George Ralph CollierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1787-1820
ref:6169.1798 - 3.1802Midshipman
Eaton Stannard TraversBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1855
Transferedref:10593.1801 - 1805Midshipman
William BowersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1837
NBD184911.1802 - 2.1806Midshipman
Charles BowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1846
BWAS-17143.11.1802 - 23.3.1803Midshipman
Frederick Hugh Evelyn HoughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1812
ref:10733.11.1802 - 23.3.1803Midshipman
Charles Evelyn Daniel Francis Poplet HoughtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1805
ref:1073

Service History


DateEventSource
30.9.1780building at Limehouse - London at a cost of £8500.1.5dBWAS-1714
31.9.1780Began coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
14.12.1780Completed coppering and fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £8184.18.1dBWAS-1714
10.2.1781Took the Privateer
La Revanche (18) 1781-1781
French 18 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Beachy Head
6.2.1782Sailed with Bickerton's squadron for the East indiesBWAS-1714
20.6.17832nd Battle of Cuddalore
16.3.1785

Paid off

BWAS-1714
4.1785fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
1.1788Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
11.1788Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £9042.0.0dBWAS-1714
5.1790Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
6.1790Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £3397.0.0dBWAS-1714
20.6.1790Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
4.9.1791

Paid off

BWAS-1714
1.1793fitting at Portsmouth - Hampshire at a cost of £2305.0.0dBWAS-1714
17.2.1793Took the Privateer
L'Entreprenant (10) 1793-1793
French 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown

2.3.1793Took the Privateer
La Palme (12) 1793-1793
French 12 Gun
Privateer Unknown

4.1793Took the Privateer
Le Laborieux (Unknown) 1793-1793
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

22.5.1793Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
8.1.1794Attack on Mortello TowerBWAS-1714
11.1.1794Escaped from ToulonBWAS-1714
10.1795Returned home with a convoyBWAS-1714
7.10.1795Action of 1795-10-07
10.11.1795

Paid off

BWAS-1714
1.1796Began large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
9.1798Completed large repair at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £20442.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.1799In the HelderBWAS-1714
2.1800Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
24.7.1802

Paid off

BWAS-1714
9.1802Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
2.1803Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £7728.0.0dBWAS-1714
8.4.1803Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
8.9.1803Took the Privateer
Les Quatres Fils (4) 1803-1803
French 4 Gun
Privateer Unknown
In the Mediterranean
4.1806Operations in theg Bay of NaplesBWAS-1714
9.7.1807Paid offADM 51
1808In ordinary at WoolwichBWAS-1714
7.1811Borken up at WoolwichBWAS-1714

 
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