HMS Venerable (1784)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Venerable.

The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Venerable
Ordered: 9 August 1781
Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down: April 1782
Launched: 19 April 1784
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Participated in:
Fate: Wrecked, 1804
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Culloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1669 tons (1695.8 tonnes)
Length: 170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 11 in (6.07 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 Venerable was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 April 1784 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

In 1797, Venerable served as Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown.[2]

She was wrecked on 24 November 1804, off Roundham Head near Torbay.[2]

Citations and notes

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p180.
  2. ^ a b Ships of the Old Navy, Venerable.

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.
  • Michael Phillips. Venerable (74) (1784). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 8 August 2007.