HMS Pompée
Survived
French Navy, then Royal Navy
| Type | Ship of the line |
|---|---|
| Rate | Third rate |
| Guns | 80 |
| Wars | French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars |
Service
| 1791–1793 | Pompée | |
| from 1793 | Pompée Taken over at Toulon |
80-gun ship built at Toulon and taken over by the British there in 1793. Sir Sidney Smith's flagship in the Dardanelles, where she led the attack on the Turkish squadron.
Armament and specifications
Armament
French service
- Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns
Forecastle and Quarter deck
- 16 × 8-pounder long guns
- 4 × 36-pounder obusiers
British service
- Lower deck: 30 × 32-pounder guns
- Upper deck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
- QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades
- Fc: 4 × 32-pounder carronades
- Roundhouse: 8 ×18-pounder carronades
| Builder | Toulon shipyard |
|---|---|
| Laid down | January 1790 |
| Launched | 28 May 1791 |
| Commissioned | February 1793 |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Length | 182 ft 2 in (55.52 m) (gundeck) 148 ft 7+3⁄4 in (45.307 m) (keel) |
| Complement | 640 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
28 May 1791
First Battle of Algeciras
Damaged
6 July 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars
Very badly damaged
Dardanelles Operation
Survived
19 February – 3 March 1807 · Napoleonic Wars
Sir Sidney Smith's flagship; led the attack at Nagara
Fate
Survived
Broken up in January 1817