British schooner 'Millbrook' (1797)

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Millbrook

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Milbrook
Nominal Guns16BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered1797BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down1797BWAS-1793
Launched1797BWAS-1793
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1793
ShipyardRedbridge - Hampshire BWAS-1793
Constructor
Hobbs & HellyerBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSchoonerBWAS-1793
Wrecked25.3.1808BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck81' 8 ½"Imperial Feet24.7015 
Length of Keel57' 6"Imperial Feet17.3954 
Breadth22' 0"Imperial Feet6.7056 
Depth in Hold9' 8"Imperial Feet2.9464 
Burthen148Tons BM 

Armament


1798Broadside Weight = 144 Imperial Pound ( 65.304 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
179850 BWAS-1793

4 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
12.1798 - 1800Lieutenant
Matthew SmithBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1813
BWAS-17932.1801 - 1803Lieutenant
Mauritius Adolphus Newton De StarckBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
BWAS-17935.1804 - 7.1806Lieutenant
John Cook CarpenterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1846
BWAS-17937.1806 - 25.3.1808Lieutenant
James LeachBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1815
BWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1804 - 1805Master
Thomas CullBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1844
NBD1849

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
8.2.1805 - 29.9.1807Sub-Lieutenant
Thomas BurdwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796-1844
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
3.1799Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Gunvessel
4.1800coppering at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1793
8.1802RecommissionedBWAS-1793
27.10.1803Took the Privateer
Les Sept Frères (2) 1803-1803
French 2 Gun
Privateer Unknown

9.5.1804Took the Privateer
Travela (3) 1804-1804
Spanish 3 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off the Bayonna Islands
25.3.1808Wrecked off Isla Berlinga, PortugalBWAS-1793
25.3.1808Took the Privateer
Baptista (8) 1804-1804
Spanish 8 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off the Bayonna Islands

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Monday 26th of March 2018 07:44

Sorry last post should read 6 September 1801 not 1800

Posted by Tim Oakley on Monday 26th of March 2018 07:42

6 September 1800 Milbrook was at Plymouth awaiting carry dispatches to Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, and the garrison at Gibraltar. Two days later Milbrook left for Portsmouth, on her way to the fleet off Cadiz
22 August 1802 Milbrook returned to Portsmouth from Lisbon. She was paid off and Starck recommissioned her on 31 October in Portsmouth

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