HMS Ville de Paris
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ville de Paris |
| Ordered: | 25 May 1788 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1 July 1789 |
| Launched: | 17 July 1795 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1845 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 110-gun first rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2351 tons (2388.7 tonnes) |
| Length: | 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
110 guns:
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HMS Ville de Paris was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1795 at Chatham Dockyard. She was designed by Sir John Henslow, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1] She was named after the French ship of the line Ville de Paris, flagship of François Joseph Paul de Grasse during the American Revolutionary War. That ship had been captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782, but on the voyage to England, as a prize, she sank in a hurricane in September 1782.
She served as the flagship of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent with the Channel Fleet. Later, Admiral Collingwood died aboard her of cancer while on service in the Mediterranean, off Port Mahon, on 7 March 1810.
Ville de Paris was placed on harbour service in 1824, and she was broken up in 1845.[1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- 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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