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Swiftsure
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Swiftsure
Ordered	1800
Builder	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	February 1802
Launched	23 July 1804
Honours and awards	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 (bm)
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	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. Coincidentally 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.

This 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.

Notes

1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.
2. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18727. London. 27 September 1844. col C, p. 8.
3. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18771. London. 18 November 1844. col E, p. 7.

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

• Media related to HMS Swiftsure (ship, 1804) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1844
Shipwrecks	20 Jan: Créole 29 Jan: Eliza Stewart 11 May HMS Gorgon 21 May: Saladin 20 Jun HMS Apollo 26 Jul: Royal Admiral September (unknown date): HMS Swiftsure 10 Oct: Minerve 23 Oct: Lucy Walker 7 Nov HMS Raven November (unknown date): Lady of St Kilda 25 Dec HMS Pelorus Unknown date:Moira
Other incidents	28 Feb USS Princeton 21 Aug: Larkins
1843 1845

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