Ann and Amelia (1781 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Ann and Amelia (ship) and HMS Mediator.

History
Great Britain
NameAnn and Amelia
OwnerJohn Julius Angerstin,[2] or Angerstein[1][3]
BuilderFishburn & Brodrick, Whitby[1][a]
Launched1781
FateSold June 1804
United Kingdom
NameHMS Mediator
AcquiredJune 1804 by purchase
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Basque Roads 1809"[4]
FateExpended as a fireship in the Basque Roads, April 1809
General characteristics [2][5]
Tons burthen600,[2] or 620,[3] or 689[5] (bm)
Length
  • 126 ft 11 in (38.7 m) (overall)[2]
  • 102 ft 8 in (31.3 m) (keel)[2]
  • 134 ft 8 in (41.0 m) (overall)[5]
  • 109 ft 4 in (33.3 m) (keel; est)[5]
Beam
  • 33 ft 2 in (10.1 m)[2]
  • 34 ft 5 in (10.5 m)[5]
Depth of hold13 ft 1 in (4.0 m)
Sail planShip
Complement254 (Frigate)
Armament
  • Ann and Amelia: 20 × 9-pounder + 6 × 4-pounder guns
  • Frigate:
    • Lower deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
    • Upper deck: 18 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Storeship:
    • Upper deck: 20 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Ann and Amelia was a three-decker merchant ship launched in 1781. The British East India Company (EIC) twice employed her as an "extra ship", first when she went out to India to sail in trade in that market, and again in 1803 when she sailed back from India to Britain. On her return to Britain the Admiralty purchased her in June 1804 and converted her to a 44-gun fifth rate with the name HMS Mediator. The Navy converted her to a storeship in 1808, but then expended her as a fireship at the battle of the Basque Roads in April 1809.

  1. ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 60.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference NA1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "seq. no. A220". Lloyd's Register. 1782.
  4. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  5. ^ a b c d e Winfield (2008), pp. 131–2.


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