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History
UK
Name	HMS Swiftsure
Ordered	1800
Builder	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	February 1802
Launched	23 July 1804
Honours and awards	list error: mixed text and list (help) Participated in: Battle of Trafalgar
Fate	Sold out of the service, 1845
Notes	Receiving ship from 1819
General characteristics
Class and type	Swiftsure class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1724 tons (1751.7 tonnes)
Length	173 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help) 74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

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 French 74-gun ship Swiftsure also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship, but was captured by the French in 1801.

It was a myth at the time that the Swiftsure sailed faster at night.

Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819, and was eventually sold out of the service in 1845.

Notes

1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.

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.

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