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HBMS Egmont (1768)

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Egmont, 74 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1765/05/02	B064
Laid Down	1766/10/00	B064
Launched	1768/08/29	B064
Shipyard	Deptford DY	B064
Designer	Slade, Thomas	B064
Master Shipbuilder	Hayes, Adam	B064
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1799/11	B064
Fate	Broken Up	B064

Dimensions

Source	Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
Length of Gundeck	169
Breadth	47
Burthen	1,648
Source	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Length of Gundeck	168' 6"
Length of Keel	140' 0³/₄"
Breadth	46' 11¹/₂"
Depth in Hold	19' 9"
Draught Forward	13' 0"
Draught Aft	17' 5¹/₂"
Burthen	1,642⁷⁶/₉₄

Armament

Date	1770/11	B064
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	14	British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 9-Pounder
Date	1782	B064
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 68-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 42-Pounder Carronade
Quarterdeck	8	British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	4	British 24-Pound Carronade
Date	1792	B064
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

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1770/11	550	Establishment	B064

Flag Officers

Date From

Date to

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1782	1783/04	Post Captain	James Furguson	W004
1790/05	1790/06	Post Captain	George Hope	B064
1793/01	1795	Post Captain	Archibald Dickson	B064
1795	1797	Post Captain	John Sutton	B064

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1770/11	Commissioned for the Falklands dispute	B064
1780/02	Coppered and fitted at Portsmouth at a cost of £7,637.18.3d	B064
1781/08	Paid off	B064
1782/02/25	Ordered to be fitted for service in the North Sea	B064
1782/04	Began fitting	B064
1782/07	Recommissioned	B064
1782/08	Completed fitting and re-established with an all carronade armament at a cost of £21,338.19.1d	B064
1783/04	Paid off	B064
1788/01	Started Great Repair and refit at Plymouth	B064
1790/05	Recommissioned	B064
1790/06/16	Ordered to have 32-pounder long guns on the lower deck	B064
1790/07	Completed Great Repair and refit at a cost of £33,938.15.0d	B064
1792/12/18	Original armament reinstated	B064
1793/04/05	Sailed for the Mediterranean	B064
1796/03/09	Took Sardine (22) and retook Nemesis off Tunis	B064
1799/11	Broken up at Chatham	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1795/03/14	Action of Genoa
1795/07/13	Battle of Hyeres
1797/02/14	2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B028	Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
W004	Ships of the Old Navy

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