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Brunswick

HMS Brunswick

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship. On the Glorious First of June she fell aboard Vengeur du Peuple, their anchors locked together, and the two fought side by side for more than three hours. Her captain, John Harvey, lost a hand and a leg and died of his wounds.

The 'Brunswick' and the 'Vengeur du Peuple' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794 An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Vill Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9-pdrs
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downMay 1786
Launched30 April 1790
Length176 ft 2+1⁄2 in (53.7 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

30 April 1790

28 May – 1 June 1794

Fought Vengeur du Peuple; Captain Harvey mortally wounded

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1826