HMS Venerable (1784)
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The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
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| Name: | HMS Venerable |
| Ordered: | 9 August 1781 |
| Builder: | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down: | April 1782 |
| Launched: | 19 April 1784 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1804 |
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| Class & type: | Culloden-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1669 (bm) |
| Length: | 170 ft (51.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 2 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 11 in (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Venerable was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 April 1784 at Blackwall Yard.[1]
In 1795 the ship is known to have been under the command of Cpt. James Bissett.[2]
In 1797, Venerable served as Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown.[3]
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Fate
She was wrecked on 24 November 1804, off Roundham Head near Torbay.[3] Three of her crew were lost.[4] Two days later, on 26 November, the hired armed ship Lady Warren sailed from Plymouth to Torbay with Growler, six gun-vessels and yard-lighters, and other craft, to save the stores, guns, etc. from the wreck of Venerable.[5]
Citations and notes
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Michael Phillips. Venerable (74) (1784). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
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