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Impregnable

HMS Impregnable

Wrecked

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns98 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

98-gun second rate, Rear-Admiral Caldwell's flagship on the Glorious First of June. Wrecked near Chichester in October 1799.

His Majesty's Ship Impregnable on the 17th August 1789, when their Majesties and Princesses honord her with a Visit original art: drawing Photo: Burrows, John (artist), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

98 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1781
Launched15 April 1786
Length177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

15 April 1786

28 May – 1 June 1794

Rear-Admiral Caldwell's flagship

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked 18 October 1799