HMS Conquestador (1810)

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

Conquestadore
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Conquestador
Ordered	20 October 1806
Builder	Guillam, Northam
Laid down	August 1807
Launched	1 August 1810
Fate	Sold, 1897
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1773 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Conquestador was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Northam. ^[1]

She was cut down to a 50-gun ship in 1827, and hulked in 1860. Conquestador was sold out of the Navy in 1897. ^[1]

References

1. Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. p.88 ISBN   0-85177-252-8.