HMS Stately (1784)
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Stately |
Ordered: | 10 December 1778 |
Builder: | Raymond, Northam |
Laid down: | 25 May 1779 |
Launched: | 27 December 1784 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ardent-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1388 tons (1410.3 tonnes) |
Length: | 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.5 m) |
Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
64 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Stately.
HMS Stately was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 December 1784 at Northam.
She was converted for use a troopship in 1799, but was reverted to a regular warship once war resumed after the end of the Treaty of Amiens.
Stately was broken up in 1814.
[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.