HMS Alcide (1779)

HMS Alcide, the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 July 1779 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alcide.

Alcide
History
Great Britian
Name: HMS Alcide
Ordered: 31 August 1774
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: 4 June 1776
Launched: 30 July 1779
Fate: Broken up, 1817
Notes:
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Albion-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1625
Length: 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounder guns

She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782.

On 12 September 1780 Alcide captured the letter of marque Pocahontas. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Pocahontas.

On 12 April 1782 Alcide was third in line of attack against the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes, under the command of Captain Charles Thomson.[2]

Alcide took part in operations against Corsica in September 1793, where she served as flagship to Commodore Robert Linzee.

Fate

In January 1801 the Admiralty ordered Alcide to be cut down and fitted as a hulk. A survey had found her too bad to repair.[3]

Alcide was broken up in 1817.[1]

Citations and notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p180.
  2. Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106
  3. "Advertisements & Notices". Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph, Leeds, England, 26 January 1801, issue 68.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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