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HBMS Dreadnought (1801)

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Dreadnought, 98 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1788/01/17	B064
Laid Down	1788/07/00	B064
Named	1788/10/23	B064
Launched	1801/06/13	B064
Shipyard	Portsmouth DY	B064
Designer	John Henslow	B064
Master Shipbuilder	Henry Peake	B064
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1857/03/31	B064
Fate	Broken Up	B064

Dimensions

Source	B064
Length of Gundeck	184' 11"
Length of Keel	152' 2³/₄"
Breadth	51' 2¹/₂"
Depth in Hold	21' 6"
Draught Forward	14' 7"
Draught Aft	17' 6"
Burthen	2,123²³/₉₄

Armament

Date	1801	B064
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	8	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1801	738	Establishment	B064

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1803/09	1804/05	Admiral	William Cornwallis	B064
1805/01	1805/10	Vice-Admiral	Cuthbert Collingwood	B064
1808	1811	Rear-Admiral	Thomas Sotheby	B064

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1801/06	1803/04	Post Captain	James Vashon	B064
1803/04	1803/05	Post Captain	Sir James Bowen	B064
1803/05	1803/07	Post Captain	Sir Edward Brace	B064
1803/07	1803/09	Post Captain	William Domett	B064
1803/09	1804/05	Post Captain	John Child Purvis	B064
1804/05	1805/01	Post Captain	George Reynolds	B064
1805/01	1805/10	Post Captain	Edward Rotherham	B064
1805/10	1806	Post Captain	John Conn	B064
1806/12	1808	Post Captain	William Lechmere	B064
1808	1810	Post Captain	George Salt	B064
1810	1810/08	Post Captain	Valentine Collard	B064
1810/08	1811/12	Post Captain	Samuel Linzee	B064

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1801/06	Commissioned	B064
1801/08/09	Completed at a cost of £60,484 including fitting	B064
1806/09	Began refit at Portsmouth	B064
1806/12	Recommissioned	B064
1807/01	Completed refit	B064
1811/12	Paid off at Portsmouth	B064
1812/08	Started a large repair at Portsmouth	B064
1814/03	Completed large repair at a cost of £72,511 and placed in ordinary.	B064
1825/09	Fitted at Portsmouth as a lazarette	B064
1831/03	Began fitting as a hospital ship at Sheerness	B064
1831/05	Completed fitting as a hospital ship	B064
1831/06	At Sheerness	B064
1831/06	Moved to Greenwich as the seaman's hospital	B064
1857/02/24	Began breaking up at Woolwich	B064
1857/03/31	Break up completed. The stores returned were valued as £3,389	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1805/10/21	Battle of Trafalgar

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B064

British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817

Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2008/09/15 at 21:53:57 by Cy

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HBMS Dreadnought (1801)

Dreadnought, 98 Guns

Details

Dimensions

Armament

Crew

Flag Officers

Commanders

Officers

Service record

Actions & Battles

Notes

Sources

HBMS Dreadnought (1801)

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