French ship Swiftsure (1801)
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| Name: | HMS Swiftsure |
| Ordered: | 19 June 1782 |
| Builder: | Wells, Deptford |
| Laid down: | May 1784 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1787 |
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| Captured: | 24 June 1801, by French Navy |
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| Name: | Swiftsure |
| Acquired: | 24 June 1801 |
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| Captured: | 21 October 1805, by Royal Navy |
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| Name: | HMS Irresistible |
| Acquired: | 21 October 1805 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1816 |
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| Class and type: | Elizabeth class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1612 tons (1637.9 tonnes) |
| Length: | 168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Swiftsure.
Initially HMS Swiftsure, she was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford and launched on 4 April 1787.
She fought at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, and was captured by the French ships Indivisible and Dix-Août in the Mediterranean on the 24 June 1801.
She fought on the French side at the Battle of Trafalgar, where she was re-captured by the British, on the 21 October 1805.
She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Irresistible, since another British Swiftsure had been built since, and was used as a prison ship.
She was scrapped in Chatham in 1816.
[edit] 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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