HMS Brunswick (1790)
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HMS Brunswick fighting the Achille and Vengeur du Peuple simultaneously |
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Name: | HMS Brunswick |
Ordered: | 7 January 1785 |
Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down: | May 1786 |
Launched: | 30 April 1790 |
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Fate: | Broken up, 1826 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1836 tons (1865.5 tonnes) |
Length: | 176 ft 2.5 in (53.71 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 48 ft 9 in (14.9 m) |
Depth of hold: | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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HMS Brunswick was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 April 1790 at Deptford.
She fought at the Glorious First of June in 1794 under Captain John Harvey, who died of the wounds he received in the battle, sinking the French ship Vengeur du Peuple.
In 1812 Brunswick was on harbour service, and she was broken up in 1826.
[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.