HMS Stately (1784)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Stately.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Stately
Ordered: 10 December 1778
Builder: Raymond, Northam
Laid down: 25 May 1779
Launched: 27 December 1784
Honours and
awards:		 Naval general Service Medal with clasp "Stately 22 March 1808"
Fate: Broken up, 1814
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Ardent-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1388 (bm)
Length: 160 ft (49 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:

64 guns:

  • LD: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • UD: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Stately was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 December 1784 at Northam.[1]

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Operational life

She was converted for use a troopship in 1799, but was reverted to a fully armed warship once war resumed after the end of the Treaty of Amiens.

Battle of Zealand Point

Main article: Battle of Zealand Point

On 22 March the British ships of the line Stately and Nassau destroyed the last Danish ship of the line, Prins Christian Frederik, commanded by Captain C.W.Jessen, in a battle at Zealand Point.

In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasps "Stately 22 March 1808" and "Nassau 22 March 1808" to any still surviving crew members of those vessels that chose to claim them.[2]

Fate

Stately was broken up in 1814.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 20939. pp. 241–243. 26 Jan 1849. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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.
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