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Warrior

HMS Warrior

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74
WarsAmerican War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, at the Saintes and the Mona Passage. She fought at Copenhagen in 1801 and Calder's action in 1805. Broken up in 1857.

HMS 'Warrior' protecting a convoy passing Reefness, September 1807 Painting. HMS 'Warrior' protecting a convoy passing Reefness, September 1807 Photo: William Adolphus Knell, 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
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1773
Launched18 October 1781
CommissionedOctober 1781
Length169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

18 October 1781

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

19 April 1782 · American War of Independence

2 April 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars

In reserve

22 July 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1857