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Saturn

HMS Saturn

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

74-gun ship, in the reserve at Copenhagen.

The body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Cornwall (1761), Arrogant (1761), and Kent (1762), and later for Defence (1763), Edgar (1779), Goliath (1781), Vanguard (1787), Excellent (1787), Saturn (1786), Elephant (1786), Illustrious (1789), Bellerophon (1786), Zealous (17 Photo: unknown, Navy office, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns

  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdr guns
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdr guns
  • Quarter deck: 14 × 9 pdr guns
BuilderThomas Raymond, Northam, Southampton
Laid downAugust 1782
Launched22 November 1786
CommissionedMay 1790
Length168 ft 2 in (51.3 m) (gundeck)
Complement600

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

Career

Launched

22 November 1786

2 April 1801

In reserve

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1868