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

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


Commanders

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The following officers of the Royal Navy commanded the ship.[1]

  • 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

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