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Victorious

HMS Victorious

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

74-gun ship under John Talbot. Off Pirano on 22 February 1812 she fought the new French 74 Rivoli for more than four hours and took her; Talbot was wounded and temporarily blinded. She served against the Americans in the War of 1812.

Career

21–22 February 1812

John Talbot, wounded