Hired armed ship Sir Thomas Troubridge

The hired armed ship Sir Thomas Troubridge or Thomas Troubridge, or Trowbridge) was a ship that the Royal Navy put her under contract from 7 July 1804 to 9 May 1806. She was of 473 ⁷⁴⁄₉₄ tons burthen (bm), and carried eighteen 6-pounder guns and eight 18-pounder carronades.^[1] She had a brief, astonishingly unremarkable career while under contract to the Navy.

Troubridge was one of four vessels that Mr. T. Lockyer, of Plymouth, owned that the government hired at the same time. In reporting the transaction, the Naval Chronicle described Trowbridge as armed with twenty 6-pounder guns and eight 18-pounder carronades.^{[2][Note 1]}

Trowbridge's commander from September 1804 was Commander William Bevians.^[3] Marshall's biographical note makes no mention of Bevians's period of command of Troubridge.^[4]

Fate

Readily available records do not reveal what happened to Sir Thomas Troubridge after the Navy ended her contract.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

1. The other three vessels were the ships Lady Warren, of thirty-two 32-pounder carronades, Captain Mackellar, and the Pretty Lass, of sixteen 6-pounder guns plus four 42-pounder carronades, Captain Tippett, as well as the schooner Colpoys.^[2]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p.394.
2. Naval Chronicle, Vol. 11, p.447.
3. "NMM, vessel ID 377884" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
4. Marshall (1832), Vol. 3, Part 2, p.261.

References

• Marshall, John (1823–1835) Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year 1823, or who have since been promoted ... (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown).
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.

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