Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793Length of Gundeck127' 0"Imperial Feet38.7096 Length of Keel107' 0"Imperial Feet32.6136 Breadth34' 0 ½"Imperial Feet10.3759 Depth in Hold11' 3 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655 Burthen659 51⁄94Tons BM Armament
26.10.1805Broadside Weight = 300 Imperial Pound ( 136.05 kg)BWAS-1793 | Upper Gun Deck | 26 British 12-PounderQuarterdeck | 8 British 24-Pound CarronadeForecastle | 4 British 24-Pound CarronadeCrew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1804215Design Complement
1 Commissioned Officer
DatesRankNameSource1806LieutenantBWAS-1793Service History
DateEventSource8.1804First cost, including fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford
at a cost of £15017.0.0dBWAS-179327.4.1806Took the Lugger off Cape FinisterreBG22.6.1806Two boats of the Minerva having entered Finisterre Bay, carried a fort mounting eight guns which the British seamen spiked and cut out five Spanish coasting vessels, without the loss of a man.TRN59.7.1806The Minerva's barge proceeded north from Oporto to look after certain very troublesome privateers from the Spanish port of La Guardia, which lurked along the coast.TRN59.7.1806Took the Privateer 11.7.1806The barge came up with and captured, without loss, one of the privateers from La Guardia. Ppossibly ?TRN529.9.1806The ship's cutter cut out two chasse-marees off PontevedraTRN52.10.1806The barge, whilst the Minerva was lying at anchor off Ons Island, entered Arosa Bay and carried off a Spanish gunboat.TRN523.9.1808Took the Privateer off the Spanish Coast10.1808Took the Unrated 6.5.1811Sailed for NewfoundlandBWAS-17936.5.1812Sailed for the West Indies with a convoyBWAS-17939.11.1812Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-17931814In Ordinary at SheernessBWAS-17932.1815Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1793