HMS Nautilus (1784)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Nautilus
Ordered	13 May 1782
Builder	Crookenden, Taylor & Smith, Itchenor
Laid down	August 1872
Launched	9 January 1784
Commissioned	November 1784
Fate	wrecked 2 February 1799
General characteristics
Class & type	Echo-class sloop
Tons burthen	345 (bm)
Length	Overall: 100 ft 9 in (30.7 m) Keel: 84 ft 3 in (25.7 m)
Beam	27 ft 7 in (8.4 m)
Draught	9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Complement	125
Armament	Upper deck: 6 × 6-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Nautilus was launched at Itchenor in 1784, and then moved to Portsmouth to be completed in December 1784.

The following officers of the Royal Navy commanded the ship.^[1]

• 1.11.1784 - 27.3.1786 George Tripp
• 27.3.1786 - 2.12.1788 Thomas Boulden Thompson
• 16.1.1789 - 1.10.1790 John Trigge
• 1.10.1790 - 24.4.1793 Charles Craven
• 17.12.1792 - 6.2.1793 Sir Harry Burrard-Neale
• 20.2.1793 - 8.1.1794 Henry Powlett
• 9.1.1794 - 24.3.1794 James Carpenter
• 1795 - 9.1795 James Ross
• 9.1795 - 3.2.1799 Henry Gunter