HMS Conqueror (1773)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Conqueror
Ordered	12 October 1768
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	October 1769
Launched	10 October 1773
Fate	Broken up, 1794
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Royal Oak-class ship of the line [2]
Tons burthen	1606
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Conqueror was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 10 October 1773 at Plymouth. ^[1]

May, 1778 under command of Capt. Thomas Graves. ^[3]

She was commanded by Captain George Balfour in the Battle of the Saintes, 1782. ^[4] Here she was fifth in line in the attack on the French fleet. ^[5]

She was broken up in 1794. ^[1]

Citations and notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 180.
2. Winfield, British Warships.
3. "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
4. "Balfour". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The Naval Historical Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 September 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
5. Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN   1-86176-295-X.

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .