HMS Mastiff (1813)

HMS *Mastiff* p1
Ship data
flag	United Kingdom
Ship type	brig
Shipyard	Bideford
Launch	September 25, 1813
Commissioning	April 1815
Whereabouts	1851
Ship dimensions and crew
length	27.43 m ( Lüa )
width	7.46 m
Draft	Max. 3.35 m
displacement	184 tn.l.
Rigging and rigging
Rigging	brig
Number of masts	2
Armament
	12 cannons ;
Armament from 1825
	6 cannons ;

HMS Mastiff was a British 12 gun brig . The ship was converted into a 6-gun brig between 1820 and 1825 and then served as a research ship . From 1825 to 1836 the ship was used to explore the Mediterranean , from 1836 it explored the waters around the Orkney Islands . From 1842 the Woodlark served as a tender for the HMS Mastiff.

Captains

Captain Job Hanmer, from May 16, 1815
Commander Richard Copeland, September 7, 1825 - February 4, 1830
Lieutenant WJ Cooling, February 4, 1830 - November 22, 1830
Lieutenant James Wolfe, February 25, 1830 - March 9, 1832
Commander Thomas Graves , May 11, 1832 - August 2, 1836
Master Commander George Thomas, April 2, 1836 - December 26, 1846
Commander Alexander Bridport Becher, February 1, 1847 - April 6, 1848

Prominent crew members

Midshipman Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt , June 22, 1832 - August 2, 1836
Lieutenant Owen Stanley , March 28, 1834 - May 11, 1836

literature

Richard, Duke of Buckingham, The private Diary of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos , London 1862, Volume 1, pp. 231–237 ( online )

Web links

Individual evidence

^ William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1109 ( online )

[1] William Richard O'Byrne, A naval biographical dictionary , London 1849, p. 1109 ( online )