HMS Veteran (1787)

HMS Veteran was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 August 1787 at East Cowes. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1]

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

Plan of the orlop deck deck of Veteran
History
UK
Name: HMS Veteran
Ordered: 3 August 1780
Builder: Fabian, East Cowes
Laid down: July 1781
Launched: 14 August 1787
Fate: Broken up, 1816
Notes:
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,397 (bm)
Length: 160 ft 6 in (48.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

At end-February 1798 Veteran and HMS Astraea towed General Eliott in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, after her crew had abandoned her.[2]

In 1801, Veteran was present at the Battle of Copenhagen, as part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's reserve fleet.

In 1805, Veteran was captained by Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans. She subsequently served as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres,[3] then second in command on the Jamaica Station.

Veteran was broken up in 1816.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 182.
  2. Lloyd's List №2984.
  3. O'Byrne, W.R. (1849). A naval biographical dictionary.

References
  • 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.