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>N.A.M. Rodger, the Wooden World gives establishment >figures for all rates from 1st to an 8-gun Yacht > >The figures for a 10 gun sloop (210-230 tons bm) are >Complement of 100-110 men total >1 Captain (probably a commander) >1 Lieutenant >Warrant Officers >1 Sailing Master >1 Boatswain >1 Gunner >1 Carpenter >1 Surgeon >1 Purser >Inferior Warrant Officers >1 Cook >1 Sailmaker >1 Surgeon's Mate >Petty Officers >1 Master's Mate >2 Midshipmen >1 Captain's Clerk >2 Quartermasters >1 Quartermaster's mate >1 Boatswain's Mate >1 Coxwain >1 Gunner's Mate >1 Yeoman of the Powder Room >1 Quarter Gunner >1 Carpenter's mate >1 Steward >1 Corporal >Idlers >1 Sailmaker's Crew >2 Carpenter's crew >Seamen >14 servants >2 Widow's men >55-65 seamen (Able, Ordinary and landsmen) > >This from the mid 18C though. > >The Crew of the Pickle, schooner at Trafalgar was > >1 Lieutenant - John Richards LaPenotiere >1 Sub-Lieutenant - John Kingdon >1 Acting 2nd Master and Pilot - George Almy >2 Midshipmen - Alexander Graves and Charles Hawkins >1 Assistant Surgeon - Simon Gage >1 Carpenter's Mate - Hutchin Copeland >1 Gunner's Mate - John Johnston >1 Boatswain's Mate - James Rowden >1 Clerk >2 Supernumaries >10 Able Seamen >8 Ordinary Seamen >9 Landsmen >1 Boy - Edward York age 14 >Total Complement 38 men and 1 boy > >Hope that helps > >Cy > > >>The British navy had crew "establishments" for >>everything. Transports and cutters were indeed >>commanded by lieutenants. The lieutenant in command >>would have been the only commissioned officer. >>Watches would have been kept by the warrant officers, >>such as the master and the boatswain, or by master's >>mates or midshipmen if they had had enough experience. >> >>One famous ship commanded by a lieutenant was His >>Majesty's Armed Vessel <i>Bounty</i>. If >><i>Bounty</i> had been rated as a "sloop," it would >>have had a contingent of marines with a sergeant and a >>corporal. However, the sponsors of the expedition >>wanted William Bligh to command it for very good >>reasons (he had been Cook's master on his last >>expedition, was an expert navigator, and knew the >>southwest Pacific as well as anyone in the Navy), and >>Bligh was only a lieutenant. If <i>Bounty</i> had >>been a sloop, his appointment to command her would >>have constituted a promotion to commander at a higher >>rate of pay. The absence of marines at Tahiti left >>him without a reliable corps of armed men to suppress >>the mutiny led by midshipman Fletcher Christian. >> >>The composition of the crew of <i>Bounty</i> would >>give some idea of a lieutenant's command. I don't >>have a complete list by rating at hand, but might get >>one soon. Unfortunately, the <i>Bounty</i> has been >>written about extensively, not always by authors who >>understood the Royal Navy of the 1780's. Richard >>Hough, <i>The Bounty</i>, gives a full crew list which >>includes the following: >>1 lieutenant (commanding officer) >>1 master >>1 boatswain >>1 gunner >>1 carpenter >>1 surgeon >>1 surgeon's mate >>2 master's mates >>2 midshipmen >>2 "acting" midshipmen >>2 quartermasters >>1 quartermaster's mate >>1 boatswain's mate >>1 gunner's mate >>1 carpenter's mate >>1 carpenter's crew >>1 sailmaker >>1 armourer >>1 master-at-arms >>1 clerk and steward >>19 able seamen >>TOTAL: 42 >>A botonist and botonist's assistant were >>supernumeraries, not part of the regular crew. >>In a vessel this size, the petty officers, such as the >>mates and the sailmaker, would probably have had to >>perform duties of seamen that they would not have had >>to do on larger vessels. In wartime, a vessel with a >>crew of only 42 would have had a mixture of able and >>ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys. >> >>From Lyon, <i>Sailing Navy List</i>, most of the >>cutters of the War of American Independence had >>somewhat larger crews, up to 60, but some had as few >>as 45—probably the same as <i>Bounty</i> with 3 more >>seamen of varying abilities.

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