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Conqueror

HMS Conqueror

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarNapoleonic Wars

74-gun ship. At Trafalgar she took Villeneuve's surrender in Bucentaure, though she sailed on without taking possession of her.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; 'Second Picture', the boarding of the 'San Augustino' by the 'Leviathan' This painting is inscribed by Pocock in ink 'Second Picture/ the Boarding'. The ships are identified, left to right, in pencil as 'Orion', 'Africa', 'L'Intrepide', 'Leviathan', ‘San Aug Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • GD: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper GD: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderGraham, Harwich
Laid downOctober 1795
Launched23 November 1801
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

23 November 1801

21 October 1805

Took Villeneuve's surrender

Fate

Survived

Broken up 1822