British yacht 'Royal Sovereign' (1804)

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Royal Sovereign
Nominal Guns	Lightly Armed	BWAS-1817
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	1800	BWAS-1817
Keel Laid Down	11.1801	BWAS-1817
Acquired	12.5.1804	BWAS-1817
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1817
Designed by	Sir John HenslowBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1761-1801	BWAS-1817
Constructor	Sir Henry PeakeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1762-1813	BWAS-1817
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1817
Ship Type	Yacht
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1817
Broken Up	11.1849	BWAS-1817

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1817
Length of Gundeck96' 0"Imperial Feet29.2608
Length of Keel80' 5"Imperial Feet24.511
Breadth25' 8"Imperial Feet7.6606
Depth in Hold10' 6"Imperial Feet3.2004
Burthen278Tons BM

Armament

12.5.1804Broadside Weight = 2 Imperial Pound ( 0.9072 kg)BWAS-1817
Gun Deck8 British 1/2-Pound Swivel

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
15.12.1814 - 7.2.1816Captain ADM 196/3/1ADM 19620.7.1821 - 29.5.1825Captain: on board from 23.7.1821 Discharged ADM 196/3/1ADM 1961828Captainref:61621.7.1830 - 10.1.1837CaptainNBD18491837 - 27.9.1837Captainref:61619.2.1838 - 23.11.1841CaptainW0253.8.1846 - 5.5.1849CaptainW025

3 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
19.4.1814 - 16.5.1814LieutenantNBD18491815LieutenantW03316.2.1839 - 4.10.1844Commander Discharged ADM 196/5/1ADM 196

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
9.1810 - 1810MidshipmanNBD18494.1814 - 27.6.1814Master's MateNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
5.5.1849Paid offBWAS-1817

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

BWAS-1817Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

W025P. Davis, Web Site

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

ref:616Nicholas Tracy, Book

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