HMS Repulse (1803)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Repulse
Ordered: 4 February 1800
Builder: Barnard, Deptford
Laid down: September 1800
Launched: 22 July 1803
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Participated in:

Fate: Broken up, 1820
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1727 tons (1754.7 tonnes)
Length: 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Repulse was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 July 1803 at Deptford.[1]

In 1805, Repulse took part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. In 1807 the ship served in the Mediterranean squadron under Vice Armidal Duckworth during the Dardanelles Operation and the Alexandria expedition of 1807.

She was broken up in 1820.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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