HMS Malta

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	80 guns
Wars	French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

Service

1795–1800	Guillaume Tell	France
from 1800	Malta Captured off Malta	Britain

80-gun ship, built in France as Guillaume Tell. The only French ship of the line to escape from the Nile, she was taken off Malta in 1800 after a hard fight. At Calder's action.

The Capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’, 30 March 1800 A painting detailing the capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’. She is shown on the left of the painting, with her last mast, the mizzen, falling forward over the starboard side, her ensign from the peak trailing in the water. This differs from the writte Photo: Thomas Luny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

French service
30 × 36-pounder long guns
32 × 24-pounder long guns
18 × 12-pounder long guns
4 × obusiers de vaisseau

British service

Lower deck: 30 × 32-pdrs + 2 × 68-pdr carronades
Upper deck: 30 × 24-pdrs
Quarterdeck: 18 × 24-pdrs + 8 × 24-pdr carronades
Forecastle: 2 × 12-pdrs
RH: 2 × 68-pdr carronades + 2 × 24-pdr carronades

Builder	Toulon
Laid down	September 1794
Launched	21 October 1795
Displacement	3,868 tonneaux
Length	194 ft 4 in (59.2 m) (overall) 159 ft 8 in (48.7 m) (keel)
Complement	780

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

Career

Launched

21 October 1795

Battle of the Nile

Escaped

as Guillaume Tell

1–3 August 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

As Guillaume Tell, Villeneuve's flagship

Battle of Cape Finisterre (Calder's Action)

Damaged

22 July 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Fate

Survived

Broken up in August 1840