HMS Vindictive (1813)
 HMS Vindictive reduced to 50 guns
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Vindictive circa 1840 |
| Ordered | 15 January 1806 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1808 |
| Launched | 30 November 1813 |
| Fate | Sold, 1871 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1758 bm |
| Length | 176 ft 2 in (53.70 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 8.5 in (14.542 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Vindictive was a 74-gun
Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 30 November 1813 at Portsmouth.[1]
This huge ship had a crew of 590 men under command of Captain
Francis William Austen.[3]
Vindictive was the lead ship of the 40-vessel
fourth rate
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Vindictive finally was recommissioned September 1841. On 26 January 1842, she ran aground on The Dean, in the
Fernando Po, where she took up that role. She foundered there in July 1871, the wreck being sold to be broken up on 24 November 1871.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817, p. 79.
- ^ "Nicholas Diddams".
- ^ "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Vindictive' (1813)".
- ^ "Perilous Situation of Her Majesty's Ship Vindictive". The Times. No. 17892. London. 28 January 1842. col C, p. 5.
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.
- Winfield, Rif (2008) ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
External links
Media related to HMS Vindictive (1813) at Wikimedia Commons
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