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The French 74-gun ship {{ship|French ship|Swiftsure||2}} also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801. The French 74-gun ship {{ship|French ship|Swiftsure||2}} also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801.


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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Swiftsure.

Swiftsure
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Swiftsure
Ordered1800
BuilderHenry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid downFebruary 1802
Launched23 July 1804
Honours and
awards
FateSold out of the service, 1845
NotesReceiving ship from 1819
General characteristics
Class and typeSwiftsure class ship of the line
Tons burthen1724 (bm)
Length173 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Swiftsure was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Bucklers Hard on 23 July 1804.

She fought at Trafalgar.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October. On the left the French Swiftsure about to be recaptured by the British, next to her the Spanish Bahama, then HMS Colossus firing into the French Argonaute. Painting by Richard Henry Nibbs

The French 74-gun ship Swiftsure also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801.

Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819, In September 1844, she heeled over and sank at Portchester, Hampshire. In November 1844, she was in use as a target ship by HMS Excellent. She was sold out of the service in 1845.

Barker family memorial in St Peter's Church, Edensor with reference to HMS Swiftsure and Trafalgar
Swiftsure becalmed near Algeciras, sketched by one of her midshipmen, John Theophilus Lee in 1795

Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
  2. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18727. London. 27 September 1844. col C, p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  3. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18771. London. 18 November 1844. col E, p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

Swiftsure-class ships of the line
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1844
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