HMS Vengeance (1774)

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Name: HMS Vengeance
Ordered: 14 January 1771
Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid down: April 1771
Launched: 25 June 1774
Fate: Broken up, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type: Royal Oak-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1627 tons (1653.1 tonnes)
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Vengeance was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1774 at Rotherhithe.

She became a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up 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.