HMS Arrogant (1761)
 Arrogant
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Arrogant |
| Ordered | 13 December 1758 |
| Builder | John Barnard & John Turner, Harwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | March 1759 |
| Launched | 22 January 1761 |
| Commissioned | January 1761 |
| Fate | Sold out of service, 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arrogant-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,64454⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 47 ft 4 in (14.43 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
HMS Arrogant was a 74-gun
third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built of Suffolk oak[1] by John Barnard and launched on 22 January 1761 at King's Yard Harwich. She was the first of the Arrogant-class ships of the line, designed by Sir Thomas Slade.[2]
Service
Her first captain was John Amherst.[3]
Francis Light, founder of Penang, was a midshipman on Arrogant in 1761.[4]
In 1770 she was a guard ship at Portsmouth.[5]
Captain Taylor Penny took command in January 1779.[6]
On 12 April 1782 she was recently re-equipped and was second in line in the main wave of attack on the French fleet at the
George Rodney.[7]
Arrogant was at
East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.[8]
Later in 1795 Arrogant was posted to the East Indies.[9]
She took part in the
action of 8 September 1796 and in January 1799 was with the British squadron at the defence of Macau during the Macau Incident
.
By 1804 she had been downgraded to a hulk ship (masts and rigging removed) at
Bombay where she served as a receiving ship, sheer hulk, and floating battery. In 1810 she was condemned as unfit for further service.[10] She was sold out of service at Bombay in 1810.[2]
It is unclear if she was then broken or re-used as an Indian ship.
References
- ^ Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.104
- ^ a b Winfield 2007, pp. 63–64
- ^ "John Amherst (1718-1778)".
- ^ Steuart, Archibald Francis) (1901), A short sketch of the lives of Francis and William Light: the founders of Penang and Adelaide, with extracts from their journals, Sampson Low, Marston & Co, retrieved 26 October 2019 (Trove catalogue entry here)
- ^ "VII. The Venus: Letters." The Barrington Papers, Vol. 77. Ed. D Bonner-Smith. London: Navy Record Society, 1937. 391-411. British History Online Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Taylor Penny (C.1722-1786)".
- ^ Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106
- ^ "No. 15407". The London Gazette. 15 September 1801. p. 1145.
- ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Arrogant' (1761)".
- ^ Parkinson (1954), p.356.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Parkinson, Cyril Northcote (1954) War in the Eastern Seas, 1793–1815. (George Allen & Unwin).
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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