HMS Conquestador (1810)

HMS Conquestador was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Northam.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Conquestador.

Conquestadore
History
UK
Name: HMS Conquestador
Ordered: 20 October 1806
Builder: Guillam, Northam
Laid down: August 1807
Launched: 1 August 1810
Fate: Sold, 1897
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1773 bm
Length: 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

She was cut down to a 50-gun ship in 1827, and hulked in 1860. Conquestador was sold out of the Navy in 1897.[1]

References
  1. Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. p.88 ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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