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Theseus

HMS Theseus

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, at the Nile and the Basque Roads.

H.M.S. Theseus Vice Admiral Dacres, in the Hurricane which happened in Septr 1804, in the West Indies. Plate 1. One of four plates showing the 74-gun HMS Theseus caught in a hurricane off San Domingo between 4 and 11 September 1804. HMS Theseus and HMS Hercule were badly damaged in the hurricane, bu Photo: Edward Burt, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down3 September 1783
Launched25 September 1786
Length170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

25 September 1786

Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Survived

22–25 July 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Nelson's flagship

Battle of the Nile
Damaged

1–3 August 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

Siege of Acre
Survived

20 March – 21 May 1799 · French Revolutionary Wars

Ralph Miller

Battle of the Basque Roads
Survived

11–24 April 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1814