HMS Captain

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74
War	French Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, Commodore Nelson's at Cape St Vincent. He wore her out of the line without orders to stop the Spanish escaping, then boarded San Nicolás and crossed her deck to take San José. Burned by accident at Plymouth in 1813.

The 'Captain' capturing the 'San Nicolas' and the 'San José' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 An incident during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. At the beginning of 1797, the British Admiral Sir John Jervis, with 11 sail of the line, lay in the Tagus, while a Spanish fleet Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Lower gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

Builder	Batson, Limehouse Yard
Laid down	May 1784
Launched	26 November 1787
Commissioned	August 1761
Length	170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Complement	550 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

26 November 1787

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Damaged

14 February 1797

Commodore Nelson; boarded San Nicolás and San José

Fate

Survived

Burned and broken up, 1813