HMS Britannia

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	First rate
Guns	100
Wars	American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

100-gun first rate, at Cape Spartel. Barrington's flagship at Cape Spartel. She was at Cape St Vincent in 1797 and Trafalgar in 1805. Broken up in 1825.

Painting by Hornbrook, one of a pair. Shows the Britannia (1820) entering Devonport. A print in the NMM collection has a long inscription dedicating it to the Earl of Northesk. The Britannia, broken up in 1825, had been Northesk's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. William Carnegie, 7th Earl of No Photo: Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

100 guns

Gundeck: 28 × 42 pdrs
Middle gundeck: 28 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 28 × 12 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 12 × 6 pdrs
Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	1 July 1751
Launched	19 October 1762
Length	178 ft (54.3 m) (gundeck)
Complement	850 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

19 October 1762

Battle of Cape Spartel

Survived

20 October 1782 · American War of Independence

Barrington's flagship, in the van

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Survived

14 February 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Vice-Admiral Thompson's flagship

Battle of Trafalgar

Survived

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Rear-Admiral Lord Northesk's flagship

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1825