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HMS Inflexible (1780)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Inflexible. Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa , Dictator , and Sceptre , all 64-gun third rate, two-deckers. History UK Name: HMS Inflexible Ordered: 26 February 1777 Builder: Barnard, Harwich Laid down: April 1777 Launched: 7 March 1780 Honours and awards: Participated in Battle of Cuddalore Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" [1] Fate: Broken up, 1820 General characteristics [2] Class and type: Inflexible -class ship of the line Tons burthen: 1386 (bm) Length: 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) Beam: 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) Depth of hold: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 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 HMS Inflexible was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1780 at Harwich. [2] In 1783, she fought in the Battle of Cuddalore. B

HMS Valiant (1807)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Valiant. History UK Name: HMS Valiant Builder: Perry, Green & Wells, Blackwall Laid down: April 1805 Launched: 24 January 1807 Fate: Broken up, 1823 General characteristics [1] Class and type: Repulse -class ship of the line Tons burthen: 1718 (bm) Length: 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.43 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: 4 ×  12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 4 ×  12-pounder guns + 2 ×  32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 ×  18-pounder carronades HMS Valiant was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 January 1807 at Blackwall Yard. [1] She took part in the attack on Copenhagen in 1807 and in the action against French warships in the Basque Roads 11-25th April 1809 (Battle of Aix Roads) under Lord Gambier and Admiral Cochrane. [2] On 17 June 1813, Valian

HMS Minotaur (1793)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Minotaur. The shipwreck of the Minotaur , oil on canvas, by J. M. W. Turner History UK Name: HMS Minotaur Ordered: 3 December 1782 Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Laid down: January 1788 Launched: 6 November 1793 Honours and awards: Participated in: Battle of the Nile Battle of Trafalgar Battle of Copenhagen (1807) Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" [1] Fate: Wrecked, 22 December 1810 General characteristics [2] Class and type: Courageux class ship of the line Tons burthen: 1723 (bm) Length: 172 ft 3 in (52.50 m) (gundeck) Beam: 47 ft 9 in (14.55 m) Depth of hold: 20 ft 9   1 ⁄ 2  in (6.3 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 Minotaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 November 1793 at Woolwich. [2] She was named after the mythological bull-head

HMS Nymphe (1780)

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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Nymphe and HMS Nymphe. A sketch of the engagement between Nymphe and Cleopatre by Nicholas Pocock, 1793 History Kingdom of France Name: La Nymphe Namesake: Nymph Builder: Pierre-Augustin Lamothe, Brest Laid down: April 1777 Launched: 18 August 1777 Commissioned: November 1777 Fate: Captured by HMS  Flora , 10 August 1780 United Kingdom Name: HMS Nymphe Acquired: by capture, 10 August 1780 Honours and awards: Naval General Service Medal clasps: "Nymphe" 18 June 1793" [1] "23 June 1795" [2] "Nymphe 8 March 1797" [3] Fate: Wrecked in the Firth of Forth, 18 December 1810 General characteristics [4] Type: Fifth-rate frigate Tons burthen: 937 ​ 72 ⁄ 94 (bm) Length: 141 ft 5   1 ⁄ 2  in (43.12 m) (gun deck) 120 ft 4   1 ⁄ 2  in (36.69 m) (keel) Beam: 38 ft 3   1 ⁄ 4  in (11.66 m) Depth of hold: 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) Sail plan: Full-rigged ship Complement: 240 Armament: 1777 [5] UD: 26 × French 12-pounder

French frigate Franchise (1797)

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History France Name: Franchise ("truthfulness") Builder: Bayonne Laid down: August 1794 Launched: 17 October 1797 In service: May 1798 Captured: 28 May 1803 United Kingdom Name: Franchise Acquired: 28 May 1803 by capture Fate: Broken up November 1815 General characteristics Class and type: Coquille -class frigate Tons burthen: 898 ​ 16 ⁄ 94 (bm) Length: 143 ft 8 in (43.8 m) (gundeck); 119 ft 8   1 ⁄ 4  in (36.5 m) (keel) Beam: 37 ft 6   3 ⁄ 4  in (11.4 m) Draught: 5.3 m (17 ft) Depth of hold: 11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) Sail plan: Full-rigged ship Complement: British service:264 (later 215) Armament: French service : Upper deck: 28 × 12-pounder long guns QD & Fc:16 × 8-pounder long guns British service : Upperdeck:26 × 12-pounder guns QD:2 × 12- pounder guns + 10 × 24-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades Franchise was launched in 1798 as a 40-gun Coquille -class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1803 and took her into the