British sloop 'Leveret' (1808)

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Leveret

5086
Nominal Guns10BWAS-1793
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered30.3.1807BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down12.1807BWAS-1793
Launched27.2.1808BWAS-1793
How acquiredBuilt by ContractBWAS-1793
ShipyardBlackwall Yard - Blackwall BWAS-1793
Ship ClassCherokee Class (1807)BWAS-1793
Designed by
Sir Henry PeakeBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1762-1813
BWAS-1793
Constructor
John PerryBritish
Ship Builder
Service 1775-1810
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSloopBWAS-1793
Sailing RigBrigBWAS-1793
Sold18.4.1822BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck90' 2"Imperial Feet27.4828 
Length of Keel73' 9"Imperial Feet22.3266 
Breadth24' 7"Imperial Feet7.3597 
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528 
Burthen237 7⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


27.2.1808Broadside Weight = 78 Imperial Pound ( 35.373 kg)B181
Gun Deck8 British 18-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
26.11.180775Design Complement

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
3.1808 - 10.1808Commander
Robert EvansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1810
BWAS-179310.1808 - 1810Commander
Benjamin CrispinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1813
BWAS-17931810 - 10.1810Commander
John WorthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1810
BWAS-179310.1810 - 12.1813Commander
George Wickins WillesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1836
BWAS-179312.1813 - 9.1815Commander
Jonathon ChristianBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1815
BWAS-17939.1815 - 1815Commander
Rodney ShannonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1826
BWAS-1793

3 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.1808 - 8.1805Lieutenant
William HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1819
NAO19.11.1811 - 1812Lieutenant
George ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1816
NBD18499.1815 - 3.6.1817Lieutenant
Gilbert Dutton KennicottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1846
NBD1849

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.7.1812 - 1.1814Master
James KegieBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1827
ref:187130.6.1815 - 30.9.1817Master
Charles BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1815-1831
ref:1871

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1808Commissioned for the BalticBWAS-1793
7.3.1808Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
4.5.1808Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
10.1810Commissioned for the North SeaBWAS-1793
28.6.1811

Took with his boats and afterwards destroy , a Danish Cutter Privateer , of 6 guns and 20 mens .

BG
22.8.1811Took the Privateer
Le Prospère (3) 1811-1811
French 3 Gun
Privateer Unknown

10.11.1811Took the Privateer
Le Dunkerquois (14) 1811-1811
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea
16.7.1812Took the Privateer
L'Éole (5) 1812-1812
French 5 Gun
Privateer Unknown
in the North Sea
9.1815Commissioned for the Cape of Good HopeBWAS-1793
5.1818Commissioned for St HelenaBWAS-1793
18.4.1822Sold at Portsmouth to Thmas Pitman for £710BWAS-1793

 
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