HMS Sultan (1807)

HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 September 1807 at Deptford Wharf.[1]

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

Sultan
History
UK
Name:	HMS Sultan
Ordered:	31 January 1805
Builder:	Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid down:	December 1805
Launched:	19 September 1807
Fate:	Broken up, 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1751 (bm)
Length:	175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone. [2]

On 10 October 1814 Sultan was escorting some transports when Baring wrecked at Beerhaven. Sultan's boats, and those of Shamrock, were able to rescue the crew and all the troops, save five men.[3] The troops consisted of 200 men from the 40th Regiment of Foot.[4]

Fate

Sultan became a receiving ship in 1860, and was broken up in 1864.[1]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
2. Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 4. Challamel ainé. p. 56–58.
3. Lloyd's List.
4. Grocott (1997), pp.370-1.

References

• Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). ISBN 1-86176-030-2
• 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.