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Poictiers

HMS Poictiers

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarWar of 1812

74-gun ship that came on Wasp and her prize Frolic, both crippled, a few hours after their fight on 18 October 1812, and took them both.

'Armada'/'Conquestadore'/'Vangeur' class (1806) [note: too many ships to fit in the title field] Scale: 1:48. Contemporary copy of a plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Conquestadore' (1810), 'Armada' (1810), 'Vigo' (1810), 'Cressey' (1810), 'La Hogue' (1811), Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns
  • Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades
BuilderKing, Upnor
Laid downAugust 1807
Launched9 December 1809
Length176 ft 3 in (53.7 m) (gundeck)
Complement590

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

Career

Launched

9 December 1809

18 October 1812

Came up afterwards and took both ships

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1857