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Intrepid

HMS Intrepid

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64
WarAmerican War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Martinique in 1780, Fort Royal, the Chesapeake and St Kitts. Her captain, Henry St John, was killed at Martinique, and she was among the worst hit off the Chesapeake. Sold in 1818.

HMS Intrepid 3rd rate 64 guns bow 1774 Photo: Joseph Marshall, (active 1755–1779), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard (M/Shipwright Joseph Harris to July 1767; completed by William Gray)
Laid downJanuary 1767
Launched4 December 1770
Length159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (keel) 131 ft 0 in (39.9 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

4 December 1770

17 April 1780

Captain Henry St John killed

29 April 1781

5 September 1781

56 casualties

25–26 January 1782

Fate

Survived

Sold out of the service, 1818