HMS Pegasus (1779)
Newfoundland in 1786
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Pegasus |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 1779 |
Commissioned | May 1779 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Sold 1816 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | frigate |
Tons burthen | 593 89⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 120 ft 6 in (36.7 m) (overall) |
Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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HMS Pegasus was a 28-gun
Service
Pegasus was commissioned in May 1779 under Captain
Pegasus sailed again, now under Captain John Stanhope, for the Leeward Islands in January 1781. She returned home in August, but subsequently returned to the Caribbean. On 23 January 1783 she captured the Allegeance, a former Royal Navy sloop that the French were using as a transport and that was carrying 200 troops.[4] Pegasus paid off into ordinary in April 1783.
In 1786
From 1786 to 1788, Pegasus, under Prince William Henry, was largely assigned to patrol the east coast of
Prince William Henry's
French Revolutionary Wars
On 14 July 1793 Pegasus sailed with the Channel fleet from St. Helen's. On 18 July she was west of the Scilly Isle. On 31 July she briefly sighted but was unable to close the French fleet, so she returned to Torbay on 10 August. Thirteen days later she was with the Channel Fleet, escorting the Newfoundland trade and West Indian convoys while they were in home waters. By 23 October she was sailing in search of the French fleet and squadrons. On 18 November the Fleet in a brief skirmish with a French squadron; by mid-December the fleet had returned to Spithead.
In May–June 1794 the Channel Fleet fought the Battle of the
On 14 February 1795 the Channel fleet sailed from Torbay for a brief cruise and to see various convoys safe out of the Channel.
In May 1796 news reached Admiral
In 1800, under Capt. John Pengelly, Pegasus was fitted out as a troopship, armed
Napoleonic Wars
In 1803 she was in the Mediterranean. By May 1805 she was a guardship at Harwich. By 1811 Pegasus was a receiving ship at Chatham.
Fate
Pegasus was sold in 1816.
Notes
- d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[11]
Citations
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ The Naval Chronicle, 1805 Vol. 14, p. 180
- ^ The Naval Chronicle, 1805 Vol. 14, p. 181
- ^ "No. 12432". The London Gazette. 15 April 1783. p. 3.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Ziegler, p.59
- ^ Larn, Richard (1992). Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar.
- ^ United Service Magazine (1841), 380.
- ^ a b c d James. The naval history of Great Britain. Vol. 1. p. 363.
- ^ a b c d e Allen (1852), 428
- ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
References
- "Harvey, Sir Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, J. K. Laughton.
- Allen, Joseph (1852) Battles of the British navy. (London: Henry G. Bohn), Vol. 1.
- Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
- David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
- Rif Winfield, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
External links
- Media related to HMS Pegasus (ship, 1779) at Wikimedia Commons