HMS Vengeur (1810)
Vengeur in Naples Bay with the Neapolitan flag at her main masthead, 1820, by Nicolas S. Cammillieri
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Name | HMS Vengeur |
Ordered | 20 October 1806 |
Builder | Graham, Harwich |
Laid down | July 1807 |
Launched | 19 June 1810 |
Fate | Broken up, 1843 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1765 bm |
Length | 176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Vengeur was a 74-gun
Service
On 30 August 1810, Captain Thomas Brown took command of Vengeur, the flagship of Admiral Sir
Brown's replacement in November 1811 was Captain James Brisbane. Robert Tristram Ricketts took command of Vengeur in October 1813.
Vengeur, Lightning, and Madagascar were in company on 6 March 1814 at the recapture of the Diamond.[a]
In May 1814, the
Vengeur then joined Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane's fleet moored off New Orleans on New Year's Day, having escorted troopships carrying the battalions of the 7th Regiment of Foot and 43rd Regiment of Foot.[3] The Commanding Officer of the Vengeur's Marine detachment, Brevet Major Thomas Adair,[4] was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for leading a party of 100 Royal Marines on a successful assault on the left bank of the Mississippi River.[5][6] Although the strongpoint was taken, and seventeen cannons were captured,[7] the battle was lost as the right bank remained impregnable. Of the two fatalities among the Royal Marines, one was from HMS Vengeur.[8][9]
Ricketts commanded the British naval forces at the Second
Captain Thomas Alexander took command in August 1815. Vengeur served as a guardship at Portsmouth from June 1816 to May 1818. From October to December, she was fitted out for sea.
Fate
She was fitted as a receiving ship between July 1823 and February 1824. She then went to Shearness, where she served as a receiving ship until 1838. She was broken up in 1843.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
- ^ "No. 16945". The London Gazette. 12 April 1814. p. 2040.
- ^ Levinge, p. 217.
- ^ The Navy List, Corrected to the end of January 1815, pg 72. John Murray. 1814. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Obituary.—Major Gen. Thomas Benjamin Adair, C.B." The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. II. 1849. p. 219.
- ^ "Obituary.—Gen. Sir Edward Nicolls, K. C. B." The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. Vol. 218. 1865. pp. 644–646.
the decoration of the Bath was conferred on Major Adair, R.M. [in lieu of Nicolls], who so nobly led [the party of Marines]
- ^ "No. 16991". The London Gazette. 9 March 1815. pp. 440–446.
- ^ "No. 16991". The London Gazette. 9 March 1815. p. 445.
- ^ "Royal Marines on the Gulf Coast". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
Extracted information from the muster of HMS Vengeur
- ^ "No. 17004". The London Gazette. 18 April 1815. p. 728.
- ^ Anderson (1862), Vol. 2, p.637.
- ^ Marshall (1824), p. 400.
References
- Anderson, William (1862) The Scottish nation: or The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland.(Google eBook)
- 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.
- Marshall, John (1827). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. sup, part 1. London: Longman and company. p. 381–400.
- Levinge, Sir Richard (2009) [1868]. Historical Records of the 43rd Regiment Monmouthshire Light Infantry. Clowes. OCLC 866065464– via Google Books.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.