HMS Kent (Ship of His Majesty “Kent”) - 74-gun battleship of the 3rd rank of the Royal Navy . Belonged to type Ajax (according to other sources, to type Kent [2] ).
| HMS Kent | |
|---|---|
| HMS Kent | |
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| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Class and type of vessel | Ajax type 3 battleship |
| Type of sailing weapon | three mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | Blackwall yard |
| Construction started | October 1795 |
| Launched | January 17, 1798 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | Dismantled in 1881 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1694 tons ( approx. ) [1] |
| Gondek length | 182 ft 3 in (55.55 m ) |
| Midship Width | 49 ft 3 dm (15.01 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 21 ft 3 dm (6.48 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Gundeck Guns | 28 × 32- pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 30 × 24-fn guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 12 × 9-fn guns |
| Guns on the tank | 4 × 9-fn guns |
Build
Construction began in October 1795 at the Blackwall Yard shipyards. Launched in 1798 [3] .
Service
1798 - February, captain W. Hope.
1800 - Yarmouth , flagship of Admiral Lord Duncan.
1801 - Captain Hope, Mediterranean Sea . On March 21, 1801, Kent lost one man killed and two wounded ashore in Egypt, in a detachment under the command of Captain Sir Sydney Smith .
In August 1801, Captain Cochrane ( Alexander Cochrane ) was about to lead a squadron of sloops into the harbor of Alexandria , when a signal was made with Port Mahon that Lieutenant Withers ( Kent ) with Kent had so thoroughly measured the western channel that he could lead the squadron to the port. Earlier, Lieutenant Withers was sent with Kent on the longboat to help block the fortress of Marabu, and he took with him a hand lot and a compass , and was able to find an approach that no one else knew on the squadron. His actions allowed the army , under the command of Sir Eyre Coote , to stand under the city.
1803 - Captain Edward O'Brien ( English Edward 0'Bryen ), Flagship Rear Admiral Sir Bickerton ( English R. Bickerton ), Malta .
1804 - Captain Paltney Malcolm ( English Pulteney Malcolm ). He came to the Mediterranean Sea, commanding HMS Royal Sovereign , was transferred to Kent , in the summer again transferred to HMS Renown .
1805 - equipment in Chatham , September, captain Henry Garrett.
1807 - Captain T. Rogers ( English T. Rogers ), at Rochefort , then the Mediterranean Sea.
1807, with Lord Collingwood at the Dardanelles .
On August 31, he measured the port of Skyros , while HMS Seahorse explored Porto Trio on the island of Paros , figuring out whether the one and the other are suitable for parking the squadron.
October 1811 - the same captain, Portsmouth (according to other sources, June 24 - July 18, 1811 appeared near Toulon , August 18 got into repair at Port Mahon , July 24, 1812 with the squadron again near Toulon [4] ).
1812 - the same captain, the Mediterranean Sea.
1814 - in reserve in Plymouth .
1829 - Captain John Devonshire ( English John Ferris Devonshire ), January 1827 , firewall in Hamoaz.
1830 - Captain Samuel Pym (July Samuel Pym ), July, Mediterranean Sea.
1832 - in reserve in Plymouth.
In 1856, converted into a blockchain , dismantled in 1881 [3] (according to other sources, in 1857 and 1880, respectively [2] ).
Notes
- ↑ Colledge, JJ Ships of the Royal Navy.
- ↑ 1 2 Lyons, The Sailing Navy List , p. 110
- ↑ 1 2 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 184.
- ↑ History of the Royal Navy
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- Colledge, JJ Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present. - CASEMATE, 2010 .-- ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1 .