HMS Swiftsure (1804)

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Swiftsure
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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Swiftsure
Ordered1800
Builder Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid downFebruary 1802
Launched23 July 1804
Honours &
awards
FateSold out of the service, 1845
NotesReceiving ship from 1819
General characteristics [1]
Class & type Swiftsure 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 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. [1]

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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.

HMS Forward departed Spithead anchorage on 2 December 1814 and arrived at Port Royal on 11 February 1815, having been part of a larger convoy with Swiftsure as its flagship. [2]

This Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819, [1] In September 1844, she heeled over and sank at Portchester, Hampshire. [3] In November 1844, she was in use as a target ship by HMS Excellent. [4] She was sold out of the service in 1845. [1]

Barker family memorial in St Peter's Church, Edensor with reference to HMS Swiftsure and Trafalgar St Peter's Church, Edensor - Barker family memorial.JPG
Barker family memorial in St Peter's Church, Edensor with reference to HMS Swiftsure and Trafalgar

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.
  2. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence" . Royal Gazette of Jamaica. 11 February 1815. p. 19. Retrieved 5 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive. A fleet of about 230 sail, under convoy of the Swiftsure of 74 guns, Capt. Adderley... and the Forward brig, of 14 guns, Capt Banks [set sail from the Solent on 2 December 1814]... On the 1st inst. the fleet arrived off Barbados... The Forward [escorted] those [vessels destined] for this port [and arrived at Port Royal on 11 February 1815, as recorded on page 17.]
  3. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18727. London. 27 September 1844. col C, p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 18771. London. 18 November 1844. col E, p. 7.

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