Dutch ship Minerva (1787)

For other ships with the same name, see Africaine (ship).

History
Dutch Navy Ensign Batavian Navy EnsignDutch Republic & Batavian Republic
NameMinerva
BuilderVeere, Zeeland Admiralty[1]
Launched1787[1][2]
Captured1799
Great Britain
NameBraak
Acquired1799 by capture
FateSold 1802
United Kingdom
NameAfrican
Acquired1802 by purchase
FateLast listed in 1810; broken up 1817
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
TypeBrig
Tons burthen6136⁄94, or 615[4] (bm)
Length
  • Overall:116 ft 6+1⁄2 in (35.5 m), or 136',[a] or 120 ft 10 in (36.8 m)[3]
  • Keel: 95 ft 8+1⁄8 in (29.2 m)
Beam34 ft 8+1⁄2 in (10.6 m), or 36'5⁄11", or 35 ft 1 in (10.7 m)[3]
Depth of hold10 ft 6 in (3.2 m), or 13'10⁄11"
PropulsionSails
Complement
  • Dutch service:150[1]
  • British service:155
  • Whaler:32, or 40[4]
Armament
  • Dutch service:20–26 guns[1]
  • Royal Navy service:
    • Upper deck:22 × 32-pounder carronades
    • QD:2 × 6-pounder guns
  • Whaler:20 × 6&9-pounder guns[4] (16 × 9-pounder + 4 × 6-pounder guns)
NotesThree decks and three masts

Minerva was launched in 1787 at Veere for the navy of the Dutch Republic. In 1799 the Royal Navy captured her. She became HMS Braak, but the Navy sold her with the arrival of the Peace of Amiens. Daniel Bennet purchased her and she became the whaler Africaine or African or Africa. She made two whaling voyages. After 1805 she was still listed in Lloyd's Register for some years but there is no record of further whaling or other voyages.

  1. ^ a b c d e f van Maanen (2008).
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 235.
  3. ^ a b Stanbury et al. (2015), p. App.7.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference LoM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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