HMS Vengeance (1774)
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Vengeance |
| Ordered | 14 January 1771 |
| Builder | Randall, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | April 1771 |
| Launched | 25 June 1774 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1816 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Royal Oak-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1626 37⁄94 (bm)) |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Vengeance was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1774 at Rotherhithe.[1] By 1780, she was at the island of Martinique, and was driven ashore and damaged at Saint Lucia in the Great Hurricane of 1780[2] but recovered and made her way to Portsmouth to be repaired. Finished in 1803, the ship was put into reserve before becoming a prison ship in the year 1808.
She was broken up in 1816.[1]
Citations and notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
- ^ "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1228): 78 v. 29 December 1780.
References
[edit]- 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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