HMS Trusty (1782)
.jpg) Plan showing the inboard profile proposed for Trusty, 19 August 1781.[1]
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| History | |
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| Name | Trusty |
| Builder | James Martin Hillhouse,Bristol |
| Launched | 9 October 1782 |
| Reinstated |
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| Fate | Broken up, April 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 1,0881⁄16 |
| Length |
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| Depth of hold | 17 ft 9+3⁄4 in (5.429 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
HMS Trusty was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.[2]
Design
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Edward Hunt and built at Sheerness Dockyard, the Trusty extended the design of Hunt's earlier ships by 2 ft (0.6 m). Like Cato, she featured the beakhead bulkhead, roundhouse with gallery, and solid bulwarks along the quarterdeck. The large roundhouse was surmounted by further solid bulwarks into which a fourth tier of gunports was cut for the carronades mounted on the poopdeck. The mizzen channels were moved up above the aftmost quarterdeck gunports.[3]
Service
Trusty was launched on 9 October 1782.
Trusty was at
East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.[4]
Trusty was refitted and used as a
Egyptian campaign (8 March – 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the "Egypt" clasp to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[5]
Trusty was refitted again as a prison ship from April 1809.
Fate
Trusty was broken up in April 1815.[2]
References
- ^ "Trusty (1782)". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b "British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Trusty' (1782)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Winfield, Rif (1997). The 50-Gun Ship. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 61.
- ^ "No. 15407". The London Gazette. 15 September 1801. p. 1145.
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.