HMS Trident (1768)

HMS Trident was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 April 1768 at Portsmouth.[1] On 30 January 1772 in Gibraltar harbour during a severe winter storm the Danish ship-of-the-line Prinsesse Wilhelmine Caroline dragged its anchor, colliding with the bow of HMS Trident before running aground.[2]

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

History
UK
Name: HMS Trident
Ordered: 4 December 1762
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched: 20 April 1768
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Exeter-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1366​86⁄94 (bm)
Length: 158 ft 9 in (48.39 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

From April until June 1778 she was under the command of John Inglis.

For some of the period between 1793 and 1796, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones.[3]

Trident was sold out of the navy in 1816.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p178.
  2. Topsøe-Jensen Vol 1 p 114
  3. The United Service Magazine. 1836. pp. 95–6. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

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.

Citations
  • (in Danish)T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) “Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932“. Two volumes. Download here.


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