HMS Goliath

Survived

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

74-gun ship, at Cape Spartel. She led the British line round the head of the French at the Nile in 1798. Broken up in 1815.

The body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Cornwall (1761), Arrogant (1761), and Kent (1762), and later for Defence (1763), Edgar (1779), Goliath (1781), Vanguard (1787), Excellent (1787), Saturn (1786), Elephant (1786), Illustrious (1789), Bellerophon (1786), Zealous (17 Photo: unknown, Navy office, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

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

Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	10 April 1779
Launched	19 October 1781
Length	168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Complement	584 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

19 October 1781

Battle of Cape Spartel

Survived

20 October 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Survived

14 February 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of the Nile

Damaged

1–3 August 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

Captain Foley; led the line inside the French

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1815