HMS Culloden

Wrecked

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74
War	American War of Independence

74-gun ship, at the Moonlight Battle. Ran aground in a storm off Montauk, Long Island, in January 1781 and was burned to keep her from the Americans.

HMS Culloden Obtained from http://www.northeastaquanauts.com/WreckInfo.htm and believed to be out of copyright. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	July 1770
Launched	18 May 1776
Length	170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Complement	650 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

18 May 1776

Battle of Cape St Vincent (the Moonlight Battle)

Survived

16–17 January 1780

Fate

Wrecked

Ran aground 23 January 1781 on Culloden Point, Montauk, New York and destroyed to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy.