HMS Alfred (1778)



































History

Royal Navy EnsignUK
Name:
HMS Alfred
Ordered:
13 August 1772
Builder:
  • Joseph Harris (August 1772 - March 1773)

  • William Gray (March 1773 - February 1774)

  • Israel Pownoll (February 1774 - October 1778)

Laid down:
November 1772 at Chatham Dockyard
Launched:
22 October 1778
Fate:
Broken up, 1814
Notes:
  • Participated in:

  • Battle of Cape St Vincent

General characteristics [1]
Class and type:
Alfred-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:
1638 (bm)
Length:
169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam:
47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold:
20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:
Sails
Sail plan:
Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns

  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns


  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns


  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Alfred was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1778 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]



Career


She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.


Lloyd's List reported on 17 May 1795 that Alfred had captured a French 22-gun corvette off Cape Finisterre. The corvette had been sailing to the West Indies and Alfred took her into Barbados.[2]



Fate


Alfred was broken up in 1814.[1]



Citations and references


Citations




  1. ^ abc Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.


  2. ^ Lloyd's List №2820.


References


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    ISBN 0-85177-252-8.






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