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Veteran

HMS Veteran

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

64-gun ship, at Camperdown and in the reserve at Copenhagen.

Ardent (1782); Crown (1782); Scipio (1782); Veteran (1787) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms proposed (and used) for the 'New 64 Gun Ship', refering to the Crown Class: Ardent (1782), Crown (1782), Scipio (1782), and Veteran (1787), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers 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
BuilderFabian, East Cowes
Laid downJuly 1781
Launched14 August 1787
Length160 ft 6 in (48.9 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

14 August 1787

11 October 1797

2 April 1801

In reserve

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1816