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Sampson

HMS Sampson

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarAmerican War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Cape Spartel. Broken up in 1832.

Intrepid class (approved 1765) - Intrepid (1770); Monmouth (1772); Defiance (1772); Nonsuch (1774); Ruby (1776); Vigilant (1774); Eagle (1774); America (1777); Anson (1781); Polyphemus (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781); Repulse (1780); Diadem (1782); Standard (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down20 October 1777
Launched8 May 1781
Length159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

8 May 1781

20 October 1782

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1832