HMS Alcide (1779)
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Alcide |
Ordered: | 31 August 1774 |
Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down: | 4 June 1776 |
Launched: | 30 July 1779 |
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Participated in: |
Fate: | Broken up, 1817 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Albion-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1625 tons (1651.1 tonnes) |
Length: | 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck) |
Depth of hold: | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Alcide.
HMS Alcide was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 July 1779 at Deptford.
She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782.
Alcide was broken up in 1817.
[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.