HMS Spartiate (1798)
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 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Spartiate, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris |
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| Name: | Sparti |
| Builder: | Toulon shipyard |
| Launched: | 1797 |
| Renamed: | Spartiate - 1797/1798? |
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| Captured: | 2 August 1798, by Royal Navy |
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| Name: | HMS Spartiate |
| Acquired: | 2 August 1798 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1857 |
| Notes: | Sheer hulk from August 1842 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1869 tons |
| Length: | 186 ft (57 m) (gun deck length) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 3 in (14.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft 10 in (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Spartiate.
Sparti was a French 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1797. In 1798, she took part in the Battle of the Nile, where she became one of the nine ships captured by the Royal Navy. By the time of the Nile, she is listed as being named Spartiate.
In 1805, HMS Spartiate fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under Francis Laforey. With Minotaur, she forced the surrender of the Spanish ship Neptuno, of 80 guns.
She was converted to a sheer hulk in August 1842. She was later broken up, a process completed on May 30, 1857.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- 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.
