HMS Sultan (His Majesty’s Sultan Ship) is a 74-gun battleship of the third rank . The third ship of the Royal Navy , named HMS Sultan . Seventh battleship type Fame . Belonged to the so-called "ordinary 74-gun ships", carrying 18-pounder guns on the upper gun deck. Laid in December 1805 . Launched on September 19, 1807 in a private shipyard Dudman in Deptford [1] . He took part in many naval battles of the Napoleonic wars period.
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| Ship class and type | battleship 3 rank Fame type |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-masted ship |
| Organization |  Royal Navy |
| Manufacturer | Dudman, Deptford |
| Construction started | December 1805 |
| Launched | September 19, 1807 |
| Removed from the fleet | disassembled, 1864 |
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| Displacement | 1779 tons |
| Gondek length | 175 feet (53 m) |
| Mid- width width | 47 feet 8 inches (14.5 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 20 ft. 6 in. (6.25 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Guns on the gandek | 28 × 32 pound guns |
| Operdeck guns | 28 × 18 fn. guns |
| Guns on shkantsah | 14 × 9 fn. guns |
| Tank guns | 4 × 9 fn. guns |
Service
In October 1809, Sultan (Captain Edward Griffith) was part of the squadron of Rear Admiral George Martin, who was off the coast of Catalonia and was sent to intercept the small French squadron of Rear Admiral Francois Boden, coming from Toulon . On the morning of October 23, HMS Volontaire discovered the French squadron and the British rushed in pursuit, but lost sight of it. HMS Tigre discovered Robuste, Borée, Lion and Pauline at dawn on October 24, but the fleets again lost each other. Contact was re-established on the morning of October 25, and the chase resumed. Trying to escape prosecution Robuste and Lion stranded near Frontignan. After two hours of fruitless attempts to save the ships, Boden ordered them to sink. They were set on fire and soon exploded at 10.30pm [2] .
On July 18, 1811, Sultan joined the blockade of Toulon , joining the blocking British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Edward Pelleu . The blockade, which lasted more than a year, passed without any noticeable events. Although the French commander had a powerful fleet at his disposal, he avoided any contact with the blocking fleet and either stayed in the port or made very short flights, returning to the harbor as soon as the British ships appeared [3] .
On December 4, 1811, shipboats with Sultan under the command of Lieutenants Anderson and Woodcock attacked two merchant ships anchored in the harbor of Bastia . One of them was an 8-gun setty with a crew of 31 people, the second was a 6-gun brig , with a crew of 53 people. Despite the resistance of the French, both vessels were captured. The British lost 4 people to the wounded, one Frenchman was killed and several others were injured [4] .
At the end of 1815 the Sultan was withdrawn from the fleet and transferred to the reserve in Portsmouth . He was in reserve until 1860, when it was decided to convert the vessel into a receiving ship. He remained in this role until 1864, when the ship was scrapped and dismantled [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 188.
- ↑ James, 1837 , Vol. 5, p. 143.
- ↑ Goodwin, 2005 , p. 44.
- ↑ Ships of the Old 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 .
- Rif winfield. = British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817. - 2nd edition. - Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2008. - ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4 .
- William James. History of the Great Britain from the Declaration of War IV in France. - R. Bentley, 1837. - ISBN 0-85177-906-9 .
- Peter Goodwin. The Ships of Trafalgar: The British, French and Spanish Fleets October 1805. - Conway Maritime Press, 2005. - ISBN 1-84486-015-9 .
Links
- HMS Sultan // Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels and a few of their movements .
- HMS Sultan // Ships of the Old Navy (eng.)