HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1785 at Rotherhithe.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Terrible |
| Ordered | 13 December 1781 |
| Builder | Wells, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 7 January 1783 |
| Launched | 28 March 1785 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1836 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Culloden-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 167917⁄94 (bm) ) |
| Length | 170 ft (52 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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In December 1813 she was paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard. She remained out of service until 1829, other than a nine-month period between August 1822 and May 1823 when she acted as a receiving ship for volunteers and pressed men. From 1829 to 1836 she served as a coal depot for Navy steamships. Declared surplus even to this limited requirement, she was brought to Deptford Dockyard and broken up in March 1836.[2]
Citations and notes
editReferences
edit- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157006.
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