British Sixth Rate post ship 'Garland' (1800)

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Garland
Nominal Guns	24	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer corvette 'Le Mars' (1798) (22) 1798-1800 French 22 Gun Privateer Corvette
Captured	1.4.1800	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	9.1800	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Sixth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Post Ship	BWAS-1793
Wrecked	10.11.1803	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck124' 4"Imperial Feet37.7994
Length of Keel100' 4 ⅝"Imperial Feet30.4959
Breadth31' 5 ¾"Imperial Feet9.4679
Depth in Hold14' 1"Imperial Feet4.2736
Burthen529 ¹¹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:692
Burthen500French Tonneaux489.5

Armament

9.1800Broadside Weight = 361 Imperial Pound ( 163.7135 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck22 British 32-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck2 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.1800135 BWAS-1793

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
9.1800 - 10.1800CommanderBWAS-179316.10.1800 - 1802CaptainBWAS-17931802 - 1.1803CaptainBWAS-179328.5.1803 - 10.11.1803CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.1800 - 1802Rear-Admiral of the BlueBWAS-1793

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
5.1794 - 6.1800MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
10.6.1800Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
1.1801Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
18.1.1801Took the Schooner at Guadeloupe
21.6.1801Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1793
10.11.1803Wrecked off Cape Francois, San DomingoBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

ref:692Jean Jacques Salein, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 30th of May 2026 15:58

The following vessels, part of the fleet which sailed from Portsmouth in June last, under convoy of the Garland frigate, were lost at Martinique on the 7th of August; Elizabeth, or the Elize, for Martinique, a schooner for the same place; the John, for Tortola; and the Edward, for Honduras; all of London. [London Courier, 22 October 1801]

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