HMS Triumph (1764)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Triumph
Ordered: 21 May 1757
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 3 March 1764
Honours and
awards:

Participated in:

Fate: Broken up, 1850
Notes: Harbour service from 1813
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Valiant-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1825 tons (1854.3 tonnes)
Length: 172 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 49 ft 8 in (15.14 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Triumph was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1764 at Woolwich.[1]

In 1797, she took part in the Battle of Camperdown, and in 1805 Triumph was part of Admiral Calder's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Triumph was on harbour service from 1813, but was not broken up until 1850.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176.

See also

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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