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Bellerophon

HMS Bellerophon

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, the 'Billy Ruffian'. At the Glorious First of June, the Nile and Trafalgar, where her captain, John Cooke, was killed. Napoleon surrendered aboard her off Rochefort on 15 July 1815.

H.M.S. Bellerophon lying at anchor off Berry Head, Torbay with the defeated Emperor Napoleon onboard prior to his transfer onto H.M.S. Northumberland, 6 August 1815 Photo: Thomas Luny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderEdward Greaves and Co., Frindsbury
Laid downMay 1782
Launched6 October 1786
Length168 ft (51.2 m) (gundeck) 138 ft (42.1 m) (keel)
Complement590 (Oct 1805: 566 borne)

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

Career

Launched

6 October 1786

28 May – 1 June 1794 · French Revolutionary Wars

Rear-Admiral Pasley, who lost a leg

16–17 June 1795 · French Revolutionary Wars

1–3 August 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

Fought Orient and was dismasted; 197 casualties

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Captain Cooke killed; took Monarca

Fate

Survived

Broken up in 1836