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HMS Nautilus (1784)

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Sloop of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nautilus.

History
United Kingdom
NameNautilus
Ordered13 May 1782
BuilderCrookenden, Taylor & Smith, Itchenor
Laid downAugust 1872
Launched9 January 1784
CommissionedNovember 1784
Fatewrecked 2 February 1799
General characteristics
Class and typeEcho-class sloop
Tons burthen345 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 100 ft 9 in (30.7 m)
  • Keel: 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m)
Beam27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Draught9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Complement125
Armament
  • Upper deck: 6 × 6-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder carronades


HMS Nautilus was launched at Itchenor in 1784, and then moved to Portsmouth to be completed in December 1784.

Commanders

The following officers of the Royal Navy commanded the ship.

  • 1.11.1784 - 27.3.1786 George Tripp
  • 27.3.1786 - 2.12.1788 Thomas Boulden Thompson
  • 16.1.1789 - 1.10.1790 John Trigge
  • 1.10.1790 - 24.4.1793 Charles Craven
  • 17.12.1792 - 6.2.1793 Sir Harry Burrard-Neale
  • 20.2.1793 - 8.1.1794 Henry Powlett
  • 9.1.1794 - 24.3.1794 James Carpenter
  • 1795 - 9.1795 James Ross
  • 9.1795 - 3.2.1799 Henry Gunter

References

  1. "British sloop 'Nautilus' (1784)". threedecks.org. Cy Harrison. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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