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Trident

HMS Trident

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarsAmerican War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars

64-gun ship, at Grenada and Martinique in 1780. Sold in 1816.

Plan showing the body plan with stern decoration, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth for Prudent (1768), Europa [also spelt Europe] (1765), and Trident (1768). From Tyne & Wear Archives Service. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Launched20 April 1768
Length158 ft 9 in (48.39 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

20 April 1768

Battle of Grenada
Survived

6 July 1779 · American War of Independence

Battle of Martinique
Survived

17 April 1780 · American War of Independence

Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
Survived

17 August 1796 · French Revolutionary Wars

Fate

Survived

Sold out of the service, 1816