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HBMS Swiftsure (1804)

Page history last edited by Cy 15 years ago

Swiftsure, 74 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1800/08/16 B064
Laid Down 1802/08/00 B064
Launched 1804/07/23 B028
Shipyard Bucklers Hard B028
Design Class Swiftsure Class (1800)
Designer John Henslow B064
Constructor Balthazar Adams B064
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1845/10/18 B028
Fate Broken Up B028
Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 173' 0" Imperial Feet 52.73
Length of Keel 141' 95/8" Imperial Feet 43.22
Breadth 47' 10" Imperial Feet 14.58
Depth in Hold 20' 9" Imperial Feet 6.32
Draught Forward 13' 0" Imperial Feet 3.96
Draught Aft 18' 6" Imperial Feet 5.64
Burthen 1,72573/94 Tons BM
Armament
1804/07/23 B064 Broadside Weight = 1000
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck 4 British 18-Pounder
Forecastle 2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle 2 British 18-Pounder
Roundhouse 6 British 18-Pound Carronade
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1800/09/11 590 Design Complement  
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1807 Unknown Vice-Admiral of the Blue John Borlase Warren B064
1811/07 1814 Rear-Admiral of the Red Herbert Sawyer B064
1814 Unknown Vice-Admiral of the Blue John Laugharne NAO
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1805/05/15 1807/11 Post Captain William Gordon Rutherford NAO
1805/08 1805/10 Post Captain Mark Robinson B064
1807 1810/05 Post Captain John Conn B064
1810/05/10 1811 Post Captain Charles John Austen B064
1811/07 1811/08 Post Captain Robert Lloyd B064
1811/08 1812 Post Captain John Colvill B064
1812 1812/08 Post Captain Temple Hardy B064
1812/05/07 1812/06/16 Post Captain Andrew King NAO
1812/08 1814/09 Post Captain Edward Stirling Dickson B064
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1804/09/24 Completed at Portsmouth at a cost of £35,787.17.17d B064
1805/10/21 Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, 9 Killed, 8 Wounded  
1807/11 Paid off B064
1807/12/08 Sailed for North America B064
1811/03 Began small repair at Chatham B064
1811/07 Recommissioned B064
1811/09 Completed small repair at a cost of £14,076.0.0d B064
1814/09 In the West Indies B064
1815/08 Paid off B064
1816 In ordinary at Portsmouth B064
1819/05 Fitted as a receiving ship at Portsmouth B064
1845/10/18 Broken up at Portsmouth for £1,055 B064
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors Various

Last Updated :2009/04/06 at 22:40:23 by Cy

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