HMS Ulysses was a 48-gun Roebuck-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Commissioned in 1779, her principal active service was in the Caribbean, interspersed with periods as a troopship and storeship. She was decommissioned and sold at Sheerness Dockyard in 1815.[1]
 Distressed Situation of Ulysses - when dismasted in the Hurricane of 1 August 1781, and narrowly escaping being wrecked on the south side of Jamaica
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| Name | HMS Ulysses |
| Ordered | 16 April 1777 |
| Builder | John Fisher, Liverpool |
| Laid down | 28 June 1777 |
| Launched | 14 July 1779 |
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| Commissioned | May 1779 |
| In service |
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| Fate | Sold at Sheerness Dockyard, 1815 |
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| Class and type | 44-gun Roebuck-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 887 8⁄94 bm |
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| Beam | 38 ft 0 in (11.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 4.75 in (5.00 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 280 (320 from 1783) |
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Career
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On 2 June 1781, Ulysses encountered the 32-gun Fée, under Captain de Boubée. The ships broke contact after a brief battle.[2]
On 5 June, Ulysses chased the 32-gun Surveillante, under Jean-Marie de Villeneuve Cillart, off Saint-Domingue. Around 2130, Ulysses caught up with Surveillante, and a 2-hour and a half-battle ensued, after which the frigates broke contact.[3]
Notes
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edit- ^ Winfield 2007, pp. 176–178
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 118.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 119.
References
edit- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, United Kingdom: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.