HMS Swiftsure (1804)
HMS Swiftsure was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Bucklers Hard on 23 July 1804.[1] She fought at Trafalgar.
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Name: | HMS Swiftsure |
Ordered: | 1800 |
Builder: | Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard |
Laid down: | February 1802 |
Launched: | 23 July 1804 |
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Fate: | Sold out of the service, 1845 |
Notes: | Receiving ship from 1819 |
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Class and type: | Swiftsure class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1724 (bm) |
Length: | 173 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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The French 74-gun ship Swiftsure also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801.
Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819,[1] In September 1844, she heeled over and sank at Portchester, Hampshire.[2] In November 1844, she was in use as a target ship by HMS Excellent.[3] She was sold out of the service in 1845.[1]
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Barker family memorial in St Peter's Church, Edensor with reference to HMS Swiftsure and Trafalgar
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Swiftsure becalmed near Algeciras, sketched by one of her midshipmen, John Theophilus Lee in 1795
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
- "Naval Intelligence". The Times (18727). London. 27 September 1844. col C, p. 8.
- "Naval Intelligence". The Times (18771). London. 18 November 1844. col E, p. 7.
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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