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Swiftsure

HMS Swiftsure

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, at Trafalgar, where she fought the French Swiftsure, the ship that had held her name before.

'Swiftsure' (1804); 'Victorious' (1808) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Swiftsure' (1804) and 'Victorious' (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, both to be built at Bucklers Hard by Messrs B & E Adams. The plan a 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 × 18 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
BuilderHenry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid downAugust 1802
Launched23 July 1804
CommissionedAugust 1804
Length173 ft (52.7 m) (gundeck)
Complement590

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

Career

Launched

23 July 1804

21 October 1805

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 18 October 1845