British Fifth Rate frigate 'Aeolus' (1800)

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Aeolus ➡ 1801 Pique	5823
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Pallas' (1799) (38) 1799-1800 French 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Captured	6.2.1800	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	St Malo - Brittany	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Sold for Break Up	22.7.1819	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck146' 8"Imperial Feet44.5052
Length of Keel123' 1 ½"Imperial Feet37.5031
Breadth39' 7 ½"Imperial Feet11.8999
Depth in Hold11' 11"Imperial Feet3.3782
Burthen1,028 ²⁹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

6.1800Broadside Weight = 476 Imperial Pound ( 215.866 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.1800274 BWAS-1793

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
6.1800 - 8.1802CaptainBWAS-17938.1802 - 2.1804CaptainBWAS-17932.1804 - 1807CaptainBWAS-17938.1811 - 1815CaptainBWAS-17932.1816 - 3.1817CaptainBWAS-17933.1817 - 12.1818CaptainBWAS-1793

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
16.9.1804 - 1806LieutenantNBD18491806 - 13.3.1807First LieutenantNBD184910.6.1807 - 2.3.1808LieutenantNBD18491.6.1812 - 31.5.1814LieutenantNBD184915.4.1815 - 16.7.1816LieutenantNBD18499.1815 - 12.1818LieutenantNBD1849

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
5.1816 - 21.12.1818Masterref:1871

4 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
8.1802 - 12.1805MidshipmanNBD18491.1812 - 2.1815Master's MateNBD18496.12.1815 - 1.1819MidshipmanNBD18491817 - 12.1818MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
1800Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
3.1800Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
2.3.1800Arrived at Plymouth and registeredBWAS-1793
9.1800Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1801Renamed PiqueBWAS-1793
8.1802On the Irish Station, later sailed to JamaicaBWAS-1793
13.10.1803Took the Brig at Aux Cays, San Domingo
18.3.1804Took the Unrated
12.1804Took the Corvette
8.2.1805Took the Corvette off HavanaBWAS-1793
4.11.1805Battle of Cape Ortegal
17.3.1806Took the Privateer
26.3.1806Took the Brig-Corvette in the West Indies
26.3.1806Took the Brig-Corvette in the West Indies
2.11.1806Destroyed two small privateersBWAS-1793
1807Paid offBWAS-1793
28.1.1809Capture of Martinique
4.1809Began middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
8.1811RecommissionedBWAS-1793
9.1811Completed middling repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
15.7.1812Took the Schooner off northern New Jersey
3.11.1812Took the Privateer
21.6.1814Took the Privateer
2.1816Commissioned for JamaicaBWAS-1793
12.1818Paid offBWAS-1793
22.7.1819Sold to Mr. Freake at Deptford for £4,250BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:1871 Archive

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 11th of February 2018 10:19

With ref to my last post "3 Nov 1812 the Childers, Acasta, Maidstone and Aeolus captured a U.S. privateer, the 10 gun schooner Snapper, with 90 men."

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 10th of February 2018 16:11

Suggest that it was the Aeolus 32 Captain James Townshend that took the Nautilus, Snapper and possibly the Hawk as Pique appears to be on convoy duty to Lisbon and the the Med during this period

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