Vengeur-class ship of the line
Conquestadore
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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 and 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
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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
- ^ a b c Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. p.88 ISBN 0-85177-252-8.