HMS Vengeance (1774)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vengeance.
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Career (UK)
Name: HMS Vengeance
Ordered: 14 January 1771
Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid down: April 1771
Launched: 25 June 1774
Fate: Broken up, 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Royal Oak-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:1627 tons (1653.1 tonnes)
Length:168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam:46 ft 9 in (14.25 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.[1]

She became a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up in 1816.[1]

Citations and notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.

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.