History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Terrible |
Ordered | 13 December 1781 |
Builder | Wells, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | 7 January 1783 |
Launched | 28 March 1785 |
Fate | Broken up, 1836 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Culloden-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 167917⁄94 (bm) ) |
Length | 170 ft (52 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1785 at Rotherhithe. [1]
In December 1813 she was paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard. She remained out of service until 1829, other than a nine-month period between August 1822 and May 1823 when she acted as a receiving ship for volunteers and pressed men. From 1829 to 1836 she served as a coal depot for Navy steamships. Declared surplus even to this limited requirement, she was brought to Deptford Dockyard and broken up in March 1836. [2]
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