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Arrogant

HMS Arrogant

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarAmerican War of Independence

74-gun ship, at the Saintes. Sold in 1810.

The body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Cornwall (1761), Arrogant (1761), and Kent (1762), and later for Defence (1763), Edgar (1779), Goliath (1781), Vanguard (1787), Excellent (1787), Saturn (1786), Elephant (1786), Illustrious (1789), Bellerophon (1786), Zealous (17 Photo: unknown, Navy office, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderJohn Barnard & John Turner, Harwich Dockyard
Laid downMarch 1759
Launched22 January 1761
CommissionedJanuary 1761
Length168 ft 3 in (51.28 m) (gundeck) 138 ft 0 in (42.06 m) (keel)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 January 1761

12 April 1782

Fate

Survived

Sold out of service, 1810