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Redoubt

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Nominal Guns20BWAS-1793
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Purchased3.1793BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryUnratedBWAS-1793
Ship TypeFloating BatteryBWAS-1793
Sold20.5.1802BWAS-1793

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck97' 5"Imperial Feet29.5837 
Length of Keel81' 1 ⅛"Imperial Feet24.692 
Breadth29' 11"Imperial Feet8.842 
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719 
Burthen386 494Tons BM 

Armament


8.1793Broadside Weight = 420 Imperial Pound ( 190.47 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck20 British 42-Pounder Carronade

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
3.1793150 BWAS-1793

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
16.5.1793 - 20.5.1793Captain
Thomas Francis FremantleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1819
Transfered ADM 6/24/239
ADM 6/24
1.7.1793 - 10.5.1794Captain
Alexander FraserBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1814
ADM 6/24/250
BWAS-1714
10.5.1794 - 7.1795Captain
William CarthewBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1812
ADM 6/25/40
BWAS-1714
7.1795 - 11.1795Captain
George ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1830
BWAS-1714
3.10.1795 - 8.1798Captain
George DundasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
BWAS-1714
8.1798 - 4.1802Captain
James Keith ShepardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1825
ADM 6/24/108
BWAS-1714

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
18.7.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant
Henry Watson HallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1793
ADM 6/24/256
ADM 6/24
22.7.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant
James ReddyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1802
ADM 6/24/257
ADM 6/24

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1795 - bef.6.6.1795Surgeon
Robert CinnamondBritish
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1795-1827
ref:1981
9.4.1796 - 14.9.1799Unknown
William BallBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1796-1816
ADM 29/8

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
1793 - 13.8.1794Able Seaman
Joseph VallackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1821
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
16.4.1793Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
31.7.1793Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £3343.0.0dBWAS-1793
4.1802Paid offBWAS-1793
20.5.1802Sold for £1,030BWAS-1793


Notes on Ship


OriginBWAS-1793
Previously the merchant ship Rover

 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Peter Selley on Sunday 21st of June 2020 07:19

The will of Henry Watson Hall (Nat Archives, 1796) was written on board Redoubt on 20 Aug 1793, possibly in Plymouth.


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