HMS Revenge (Ship of His Majesty “Revenge”) - 74-gun battleship of the third rank . Royal Navy's ninth ship, named Revenge . It was designed by Sir John Genslow as one of the large 74-gun ships and carried 24-pound cannons on the upper gun deck, instead of the 18-pounders mounted on conventional 74-gun ships. It was the only ship of its type. Laid down in August 1800 . Launched on April 13, 1805 at the royal shipyard in Chatham [1] .
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| Class and type of vessel | 3 rank battleship |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | royal shipyard, Chatham |
| Construction started | August 1800 |
| Launched | April 13, 1805 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | disassembled, 1849 |
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| Displacement | 1954 tons ( BM ) |
| Gondek length | 181 ft 11 in (55.4 m) |
| Midship Width | 49 ft 2 in (15.0 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 20 ft. 9 in. (6.3 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
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| 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 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 4 × 9-fnl. guns |
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Service
On October 21, 1805, Revenge, under the command of Captain Robert Mursom , was a member of the convoy of Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar . He was the eighth ship in the line between Achille and Polyphemus. [2] At the start of the battle, Revenge entered into battle with the Spanish 74-gun ship San Ildefonso . Then he transferred his fire to the French 74-gun ship Achille , causing serious damage, left the enemy on other suitable British ships and tried to cut through the enemy line and grappled with the French 74-gun Aigle . Before the ships could free themselves, Revenge managed to fire two airborne salvoes at the enemy, after which he himself fell under the crushing fire of the Spanish 112-gun Principe-de-Asturias . Then he was also attacked by the two-deckers Neptune , Indomptable and San-Justo , who continued to shell him until two British ships Dreadnought and Thunderer came to his aid. Revenge was badly damaged by enemy fire, lost almost all its masts, got nine hull holes below the waterline, and several gun ports of the hondek were broken. He also suffered heavy losses - 28 people were killed and 51 wounded, including the captain of the ship was seriously wounded [3] .
In 1806, under the command of Captain John Gore, he took part in the blockade of Rochefort . On July 16, 1806, boats with Prince-of-Wales , Centaur , Monarch , Revenge and other ships of the squadron blocking Rochefort took part in the attack on two French corvettes and a convoy at the mouth of the Bordeaux River. The largest escort, the 18-gun Caesar , was boarded and captured. At the same time, the boat with Revenge under the command of Lieutenant Charles Manners was broken by a core, the lieutenant himself died, and the remaining 19 people were captured by the French [4] .
On September 25, a French squadron of five frigates and two corvettes, commanded by Commodore Eleanor-Jean-Nicolas Soleil, attempted to break through the blockade of Rochefort to deliver supplies and troops to the French West Indies . The English squadron intercepted the convoy, which led to the battle of September 25, 1806, in which the British were able to capture four frigates: Armeide, Minerva, Indefatigable and Gloire . Frigate Thetis and Sylphe Corvette escaped with Lynx , who managed to escape the pursuit of Windsor Castle . Revenge was too far on the windward side of the enemy and did not manage to take part in the battle [5] .
In April 1809, Revenge, under the command of Captain Charles Page, took part in the blockade of the French fleet in the Basque raid. On April 12, when the British entered the battle with the French fleet, Revenge also took part in the battle, together with Valiant and Pallas forcing the surrender of the French ships Aquilon and Ville de Varsovie [6] .
In October 1810, Revenge , after a five-hour chase, captured the French privateer Vauteur in the Cherbourg area. Vauteur was armed with 16 guns, but he threw 14 of them overboard, trying to get away from the chase. He left Dieppe 45 hours ago and did not manage to grab a single prize. It turned out that this is the former British cutter John Bull from Plymouth , so he was reinstated as part of the Royal Navy in Plymouth on October 19 [7] .
Revenge remained in service until 1842 when it was decommissioned and transferred to the reserve. It was scrapped and dismantled in 1849 [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 184.
- ↑ Adkin, 2005 , p. 333.
- ↑ James, 2002 , pp. 74-75.
- ↑ James, 2002 , pp. 246-248.
- ↑ James, 2002 , pp. 26-263.
- ↑ Ships of the Old Navy
- ↑ Lloyd's List , October 23, 1810. [1] Archived November 10, 2013 at Wayback Machine - accessed November 10, 2013.
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 .
- William James [2] = The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 4, 1805-1808. - Conway Maritime Press, 2002. - ISBN 0-85177-906-9 .
- Mark Adkin. The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. - London: Aurum Press , 2005 .-- ISBN 1-84513-018-9 .
Links
- HMS Revenge Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels and a few of their movements
- HMS Revenge Ships of the Old Navy