Vanguard, 74 Guns
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | British |  |
| Royal Navy | The Royal Navy | |
| Ordered | 1779/12/09 | B057 |
| Laid Down | 1782/10/06 | B057 |
| Launched | 1787/03/06 | B057 |
| Shipyard | Deptford DY | B057 |
| Design Class | Edgar Class (1774) | |
| Designer | Thomas Slade | B057 |
| Master Shipbuilder | Henry Peake | B057 |
| Rate | Third Rate | |
| Type | Ship of the Line | |
| Out Service | 1821/09/29 | B057 |
| Fate | Broken Up | B057 |
| Dimensions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| B057 | Type | Metric | |
| Length of Gundeck | 168' 0" | Imperial Feet | 51.21 |
| Length of Keel | 137' 81/2" | Imperial Feet | 41.97 |
| Breadth | 46' 101/2" | Imperial Feet | 14.29 |
| Depth in Hold | 19' 9" | Imperial Feet | 6.02 |
| Burthen | 1,60941/94 | Tons BM | |
| Armament | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1787/03/06 | B064 | Broadside Weight = 781 |
| Lower Gun Deck | 28 | British 32-Pounder |
| Upper Gun Deck | 28 | British 18-Pounder |
| Quarterdeck | 14 | British 9-Pounder |
| Forecastle | 4 | British 9-Pounder |
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Notes | Source |
| 1774/08/25 | 600 | Design Complement | |
| Flag Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
| 1794/05 | 1794/11 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | Charles Thompson | B057 |
| 1797/12 | 1799 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue | Horatio Nelson | B057 |
| 1808/05 | 1809 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | Albemarle Bertie | B057 |
| Commanders | ||||
| Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
| 1790/06 | 1791/09 | Captain | Sir Andrew Snape Hamond | B057 |
| 1793/02 | 1793/12 | Captain | John Stanhope | B057 |
| 1793/12 | 1794/05 | Captain | Isaac Schomberg | B057 |
| 1794/05 | 1794/11 | Captain | Charles Sawyer | B057 |
| 1794/11/04 | 1797/08 | Captain | Simon Miller | B057 |
| 1797/12 | 1798/08/04 | Captain | Sir Edward Berry | B057 |
| 1798/08/04 | 1798/10/02 | Commander | Thomas Masterman Hardy | W031 |
| 1798/10/02 | 1799/06 | Captain | Thomas Masterman Hardy | W031 |
| 1799/06 | 1800/02 | Captain | William Brown | B057 |
| 1801/02 | 1801/11 | Captain | Sir Thomas Williams | B057 |
| 1801/11 | 1802/04 | Commander | Charles Inglis | B057 |
| 1802/04 | 1804/03 | Captain | Sir James Walker | B057 |
| 1804/03/03 | 1804/04 | Captain | William Fitzroy | B057 |
| 1804/04 | 1805/07 | Captain | Andrew Fitzherbert Evans | B057 |
| 1805/07 | 1805/11 | Captain | James Newman | B057 |
| 1807/02 | 1808/02 | Captain | Alexander Fraser | B057 |
| 1808/02 | 1808/05 | Captain | Thomas Bornford Mainwaring | B057 |
| 1808/05 | 1809/01 | Captain | Sir Thomas Baker | B057 |
| 1809/01 | 1811/11 | Captain | Henry Richard Glynn | B057 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
| Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
| 1798/04/11 | 1798/08/13 | Lieutenant | Thomas Bladen Capel | NAO |
| 1802/05 | Unknown | Acting Lieutenant | Thomas Bennett | B080 |
| 1808/06/03 | 1809/08 | Lieutenant | Charles Cowper Benett | B080 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
| Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
| 1798/03/10 | 1798/09 | Midshipman | George Antram | B080 |
| 1802/04 | 1804/09 | Midshipman | Vere Warner Hussey Bogle | B080 |
| Service Record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Notes | Source |
| 1787/03/16 | Began Completed at Woolwich DY | B057 |
| 1787/05/11 | Completed Completed at a cost of £36,116.12.10d | B057 |
| 1790/08 | fitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £4,339.0.0d | B057 |
| 1791/09 | Paid off | B057 |
| 1793/02 | Recommissioned | B057 |
| 1793/06 | fitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £6,218.0.0d | B057 |
| 1794/03/08 | Sailed for the Leeward Islands | B057 |
| 1795/06 | Took Perdrixoff Antigua | |
| 1795/10/10 | Took Superbein the Windward Islands | |
| 1797/08 | Paid off | B057 |
| 1797/08 | Began fitting at Chatham DY | B057 |
| 1797/12 | Recommissioned | B057 |
| 1798/02 | Completed fitting at a cost of £19,121.0.0d | B057 |
| 1798/08/01 | Present at the Battle of the Nile, 30 killed, 76 wounded | |
| 1800/02 | Paid off at Portsmouth | B057 |
| 1801/01 | Began fitting at Chatham DY | B057 |
| 1801/02 | Recommissioned | B057 |
| 1801/04 | Completed fitting | B057 |
| 1801/11 | In the Baltic | B057 |
| 1803/06/30 | Took La Créoleoff San Domingo | |
| 1803/07/24 | Took Le Duquesneoff San Domingo | |
| 1803/07/25 | Took L' Oiseauoff San Domingo | |
| 1803/09/04 | Took Le Papillonoff St Marc, San Domingo | |
| 1803/09/05 | Took Courrier de Nantes | |
| 1805/07 | Off Jamaica | B057 |
| 1805/11 | Paid off | B057 |
| 1807/01 | Began fitting at Plymouth DY | B057 |
| 1807/02 | Recommissioned | B057 |
| 1807/03 | Completed fitting | B057 |
| 1807/08/15 | Present at Second Battle of Copenhagen | |
| 1811/11 | Paid off | B057 |
| 1812/12 | Re-classified as a Unrated Prison Ship of 0 guns | |
| 1814/09 | Re-classified as a Unrated Powder Hulk of 0 guns | |
| Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Title | Commander | Date From | Date To | Source |
| No Fleets Listed | ||||
| Actions & Battles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Source | |
| 1798/08/01 | Battle of the Nile | |
| 1807/08/15 | Second Battle of Copenhagen | |
| Notes on Ship | |
|---|---|
| No Notes Entered |
| Sources | ||
|---|---|---|
| Id | Link or Description | Author |
| B057 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield |
| B064 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 | Rif Winfield |
| W031 | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford University Press |
| NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various |
| B080 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien |
Last Updated :2009/12/16 at 13:10:32 by Cy