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Isis

HMS Isis

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns50 guns
WarsAmerican War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars

50-gun ship, at Porto Praya and in all five battles with Suffren. She was later in the Nore mutiny and at Camperdown in 1797. Broken up in 1810.

The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in the Baltic. A British fleet under Admiral Sir Photo: John Thomas Serres, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Lower deck: 22 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 22 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD:4 × 6-pounder guns
  • Fc:2 × 6-pounder guns
BuilderJohn Henniker & Co, Chatham
Laid downDecember 1772
Launched19 November 1774
Length146 ft (45 m)
Complement350

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

Career

Launched

19 November 1774

Battle of St Lucia
Survived

15 December 1778 · American War of Independence

Battle of Porto Praya
Damaged

16 April 1781 · American War of Independence

Battle of Sadras
Survived

17 February 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Providien
Survived

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Collided with the frigate Fine

Battle of Negapatam
Survived

6 July 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Trincomalee
Survived

3 September 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Cuddalore
Survived

20 June 1783 · American War of Independence

Battle of Camperdown
Survived

11 October 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Copenhagen
Damaged

2 April 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars

Fate

Survived

Broken up in September 1810