HMS Stately (1784)

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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:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

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.