HMS Assistance (1781) - 50-gun ship of the 4th rank of the Royal Navy . The fourth ship, called Assistance .
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 Portland type drawings, including Assistance | |
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| Class and type of vessel | rank 4 ship like Portland |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | Peter Baker , Liverpool |
| The author of the ship drawing | John williams |
| Construction started | July 4, 1778 |
| Launched | March 12, 1781 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | March 29, 1802 |
| Status | crashed |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1053 37/94 tons ( approx. ) [1] |
| Gondek length | 145 ft 1 in (44.2 m ) |
| Midship Width | 40 ft 8 in (12.4 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Crew | 350 |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | fifty |
| Gundeck Guns | 22 × 24 pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 22 × 12-fn guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 4 × 6-fn guns (plus 2 × 24 fn carronades [2] ) |
| Guns on the tank | 2 × 6-fn guns (plus 2 × 12 fn carronades [2] ) plus 6 × 12 fn carronade in utah [2] |
Content
- 1 Construction
- 2 Service
- 2.1 American Revolutionary War
- 2.2 The interwar period
- 2.3 French Revolutionary Wars
- 3 References
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Build
The project of John Williams, approved on April 2, 1766 , as well as its modern type of Salisbury Slade , was almost the same size as the HMS Romney , and only slightly increased compared to the code in 1745 . Not as fast as Salisbury in good weather, but he was better off in bad weather. Since 1766, 4 ships were ordered. However, in the late 1770s, the type was revived, and 7 more ships were built, including Assistance .
Ordered on February 11, 1778 . Launched March 12, 1781 at the private shipyard Peter Baker in Liverpool . It was completed and lined with copper on December 31, 1781 at the royal shipyard in Plymouth .
Service
American Revolutionary War
Entered service in January 1781 , captain James Worth; assigned to the Channel .
1782 - May 2 went with a convoy to North America .
1783 - at the beginning of the year put into reserve and calculated; February, sucks in Plymouth ; returned to duty in June, Captain William Bentinck, under the Brad Pennant of Captain Charles Douglas; July-September, equipped with a flagship for overseas service; October 17 went to Nova Scotia .
The interwar period
1784 - Captain Nicholas Sawyer ( eng. Nicholas Sawyer ), under the Brad Pennant of Captain Herbert Sawyer ( Eng. Herbert Sawyer ).
1786 - August, returned to England , withdrawn to the reserve and calculated.
1789 - July, average repair in Chatham until May 1790 .
1790 - returned to operation in June, during the so-called. " Spanish armament ", captain Lord James Cranston ( born James Cranstoun ); August, equipment in Chatham.
1791 - September, withdrawn to the reserve and calculated. [one]
French Revolutionary Wars
1792 - returned to service in April, Captain John Samuel Smith ( eng. John Samuel Smith ), appointed to Newfoundland and North America; from August Rear Admiral Sir Edward King's flagship, Newfoundland Station (until January 1793 ).
1793 - February, Captain Arthur Legge ; July, Captain Nathan Brunton, cruised with the Channel Fleet .
1795 - May, Captain Henry Mowet .
1796 - March, went to Halifax ; On August 28, he took the French 40-gun L'Elizabeth .
1798 - Captain Mowet died aboard April 14 ; December, Captain John Oakes Hardy .
1799 - December, Captain Robert Hall; still in Halifax. [one]
1800 - August 31 Assistance arrived in Plymouth after a 6-week transition from Halifax, bringing Prince Edward , Duke of Kent . The ten ships present and the citadel gave a salute of 21 volleys, the duke in a 12-oar longboat went ashore and descended to the Admirals Hard wall , in the Stonehouse Pool basin, after which he went by carriage to Weymouth . The next day, Assistance went to Portsmouth . [3]
October, Chatham defects correction through January 1801 .
1801 - from January, Captain Richard Lee, again Halifax Station.
1802 - March 29, sat on a sand bank between Dunkirk and Gravelines and crashed. [1] The accident was attributed to the pilot's incompetence; the whole team was saved by the Flemish pilot boat . [3]
Links
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Winfield, ... p. 160.
- ↑ 1 2 3 By order of July 1779
- ↑ 1 2 Ships of the Old Navy: ASSISTANCE (50) [1781]
Literature
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . - L.-St. Paul: Seaforth, 2007 .-- ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6 .