| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Victorious |
| Ordered: | 28 December 1781 |
| Builder: | Perry, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down: | November 1782 |
| Launched: | 27 April 1785 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1803 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Culloden-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1683 tons (1710 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:
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HMS Victorious was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard, London on 27 April 1785.[1] She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
Victorious participated in the capture of the Dutch colony of Cape Town, in which an invasion had been caused due to fears of France's expansion across the world. Britain seized the strategic Cape Town and thus secured the nation its routes to the East. The rest of her career was spent in the warm climates of the East Indies, patrolling the vast waters in that region.
In 1803,[1] while in Gibraltar, Victorious was condemned and then broken up at Lisbon.