HMS Proselyte (1804)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ramillies
Builder	Unknown, North Shields Newcastle upon Tyne
Launched	1804
Acquired	June 1804
Renamed	HMS Proselyte
Fate	Crushed by ice 5 December 1808
General characteristics
Type	Sixth rate
Tons burthen	40392⁄94 (bm)
Length	107 ft 6 in (32.77 m) (overall); 87 ft 3+1⁄4 in (26.6 m) (keel);
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	Sixth rate:155; Bomb:70;
Armament	Sixth rate:; Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns; QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers; Bomb: 8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 13" mortar + 1 × 10" mortar (probably);

The Royal Navy purchased the Newcastle collier Ramillies in June 1804 and commissioned her as HMS Proselyte in September 1804, having converted her to a 28-gun sixth rate in July and August. Between 1806 and 1808 she was converted to a bomb vessel. She was crushed by ice and abandoned in 1808 at the island of Anholt while acting as a lightvessel.

^ Tyne Built Ships: Proselyte.
^ Winfield (2008), p. 241.

[1] Tyne Built Ships: Proselyte.

[FOOTNOTEWinfield2008241-2] Winfield (2008), p. 241.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Ramillies
Builder	Unknown, North Shields Newcastle upon Tyne^[1]
Launched	1804
Acquired	June 1804
Renamed	HMS Proselyte
Fate	Crushed by ice 5 December 1808
General characteristics ^[2]
Type	Sixth rate
Tons burthen	40392⁄94 (bm)
Length	107 ft 6 in (32.77 m) (overall) 87 ft 3+1⁄4 in (26.6 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	Sixth rate:155 Bomb:70
Armament	Sixth rate: Upper deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers Bomb: 8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 13" mortar + 1 × 10" mortar (probably)