Details | ||
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Nationality | British | |
Ordered | 1796/10/26 | B028 |
Laid Down | 1800/08/00 | B028 |
Launched | 1805/04/13 | B028 |
Shipyard | Chatham DY | B028 |
Design Class | Revenge Class (1796) | |
Designer | John Henslow | B028 |
Master Shipbuilder | Robert Seppings | B028 |
Rate | Third Rate | |
Type | Ship of the Line | |
Out Service | 1849/10 | B028 |
Fate | Broken Up | B028 |
Dimensions | |||
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B064 | Type | Metric | |
Length of Gundeck | 181' 11" | Imperial Feet | 55.45 |
Length of Keel | 150' 01/2" | Imperial Feet | 45.73 |
Breadth | 49' 2" | Imperial Feet | 14.99 |
Depth in Hold | 21' 1" | Imperial Feet | 6.43 |
Burthen | 1,95434/94 | Imperial Feet | 49.64 |
Armament | ||
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1805/04/13 | B064 | Broadside Weight = 1099 |
Lower Gun Deck | 28 | British 32-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 24-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Quarterdeck | 6 | British 12-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 9-Pounder |
Roundhouse | 6 | British 18-Pound Carronade |
Crew Complement | |||
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Date | Men | Notes | Source |
1796/10/27 | 590 | Design Complement |
Commanders | ||||
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Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1805/04/12 | 1806/01 | Post Captain | Robert Moorsom | NAO |
1806/01 | 1806/02 | Post Captain | Charles Elphinstone Fleeming | B057 |
1806/02 | 1807/08 | Post Captain | John Gore | B064 |
1808/08 | 1809/01 | Post Captain | Charles Paget | B064 |
1809/01 | 1809/05 | Post Captain | John Bligh | B064 |
1810/10/18 | 1812 | Post Captain | John Gore | B057 |
1812 | 1812 | Post Captain | Charles Philip Butler Bateman | B080 |
Commissioned Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1805/05/11 | 1805/12/24 | Lieutenant | Lewis Hole | NAO |
1805/06/06 | Unknown | Lieutenant | Essex John Holcombe | NAO |
1808 | 1810/10 | Lieutenant | William Silvester Addington | B080 |
1823/03/20 | Unknown | Lieutenant | Charles Bell Bell | B080 |
1823/04/30 | 1823/11/25 | First Lieutenant | James Anderson | B080 |
1830/10/26 | 1831/12/21 | Lieutenant | Joseph Hughes Bellamy | B080 |
Warrant Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1803/04/26 | 1807/01/08 | Boatswain | George William Forster | NAO |
1805/04/21 | 1806/01/30 | Master | Luke Brokensha | NAO |
1805/09/19 | Unknown | Boatswain | William Russell | NAO |
Petty Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1805/06 | Unknown | Midshipman | John Leigh Beckford | B080 |
Crew | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1823/06/20 | Unknown | 1st Class Volunteer | Francis William Austen | B064 |
1827/06/03 | Unknown | 1st Class Volunteer | Frederick Lamport Barnard | B080 |
Service Record | ||
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Date | Notes | Source |
1805/04 | Commissioned | B064 |
1805/06/23 | Completed at Chatham DY at a cost of £58,653.0.0d | B064 |
1805/10/21 | Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, 28 Killed, 51 Wounded | |
1805/12 | Began refitting at Chatham DY | B064 |
1806/02 | Completed refitting at a cost of £10,687.0.0d | B064 |
1806/07/16 | Boat attack on shipping in the Gironde | B064 |
1806/09/25 | Present at the Action off Rochefort | |
1807/02/26 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | B064 |
1809 | Walcheren expedition | B064 |
1810/06/10 | Sailed with the East Indies Convoy | B064 |
1811/04 | Began refitting at Portsmouth | B064 |
1811/06 | Completed refitting at a cost of £15,110.0.0d | B064 |
1812/12/18 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | B064 |
1813/11/08 | On the 8th of November, at 8 h. 30 m. p.m., the boats of the 74-gun ship Revenge, Captain Sir John Gore, under the orders of Lieutenant William Richards, assisted by Lieutenant Thomas Blakiston, Captain of marines John Spurin, and master's mates and midshipmen Thomas Quelch, William Rolfe, Henry Fisher, Benjamin Mainwaring, John Harwood, Valentine Munbee, George Fraser, Robert Maxwell, Charles M. D. Buchanan, and John P. Davey, were sent into the harbour of Palamos, to endeavour to cut out a French felucca privateer. At 11 p.m. Lieutenant Richards and his party boarded and carried the privateer, without having a man hurt, and by 1 a.m. on the 9th had brought her alongside the Revenge. | B064 |
1814/08 | Paid off into ordinary | B064 |
1818/02 | Began large repair at Chatham | B064 |
1823/08 | Completed large repair at a cost of £76,919.0.0d | B064 |
1823/08 | Relaunched with a circular stern | B064 |
1827/06 | Began fitting at Portsmouth | B064 |
1828/01 | Completed fitting at a cost of £12,142.0.0d | B064 |
1830/11 | Began fitting at Plymouth | B064 |
1831/05 | Completed fitting at a cost of £18,617.0.0d | B064 |
1838/01 | Began fitting at Portsmouth | B064 |
1839 | Re-rated at 76 guns | B064 |
1839/08 | Completed fitting at a cost of £17,178.0.0d | B064 |
1840 | Recommissioned | B064 |
1840/11/03 | Bombardment of Acre | B064 |
1842 | Paid off at Sheerness | B064 |
1849/04 | Surveyed at Sheerness | B064 |
1849/10 | Broken up at Sheerness | B064 |
Fleets | ||||
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Fleet Title | Commander | Date From | Date To | Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Actions & Battles | ||
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Date | Source | |
1805/10/21 | Battle of Trafalgar | |
1806/09/25 | Action off Rochefort |
Notes on Ship | |
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No Notes Entered |
Sources | ||
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Id | Link or Description | Author |
B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge |
B064 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 | Rif Winfield |
NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various |
B057 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield |
B080 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien |
Last Updated :2009/04/04 at 19:30:14 by Cy