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Revenge

HMS Revenge

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsNapoleonic Wars, Egyptian–Ottoman War
Main guns28 × 32-pounder guns

74-gun third rate and a veteran of Trafalgar, where she was in the thick of the fighting, and of the Basque Roads in 1809. Fought at Acre 35 years later; broken up in 1849.

HMS Revenge (1805) at Gosport. (drawing) Photo: T. Robinson, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1800
Launched13 April 1805
Length181 ft 11 in (55.4 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

13 April 1805

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

11–24 April 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

3 November 1840 · Egyptian–Ottoman War

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1849