HMS Renown (1798)

HMS Renown (1798)

HMS "Renown" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was to have been named HMS "Royal Oak", but the name was changed to "Renown" on 15 February 1796.

She was launched at Deptford on 2 May 1798 and served in 1800-1801 as the flagship of Sir John Borlase Warren, initially in the English Channel and then notably at the abortive attack on Cadiz. Armed , she transferred to the Mediterranean in 1801, still as Warren's flagship. During this time Charles John Napier, the future admiral, was a midshipman in her. In 1803 she was at Malta and in 1805 was under repair at Plymouth. After a further spell in the Channel Fleet, 1807-8, she transferred again to the Mediterranean. She was laid up at Plymouth in 1811 and hulked in 1814. She was broken up in May 1835.

"Renown" in fiction

In the Horatio Hornblower novels of C. S. Forester, a ship of the line named the "Renown" (unrelated to the historical "Renown" of this period), is featured in the novel "Lieutenant Hornblower". In the story, the ship's mad captain is injured after falling through a hatch, and the junior officers must take over on adventures in the West Indies. The mysterious circumstances of the Captain's fall become of great importance to the court martial panel later on in the story. In Hornblower (TV series) this story was related in the fifth and sixth episodes, "Mutiny" and "Retribution".

References


*Colledge
*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.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • HMS Renown (1798) — Bau und Dienstzeit Bauwerft Dudman, Deptford Kiellegung November 1796 Stapellauf 2. Mai 1798 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • HMS Kent (1798) — HMS Kent HMS Kent Служба …   Википедия

  • HMS Renown — ist der Name von mindestens elf verschiedenen Schiffen in der Geschichte der britischen Royal Navy, von denen allerdings drei schon vor ihrer Indienststellung andere Namen erhielten: Segel Fregatte bzw. Schiff 5. Ranges mit dem Namen Renommée,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • HMS Renown — Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renown , whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:* HMS Renown was a 20 gun fireship, previously the French ship Renommee . She was captured in 1651 by… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Renown (1774) — Die Renown beschießt die mast und steuerlose Languedoc am 13. August 1778 HMS Renown war ein 50 Kanonen Linienschiff vierten Ranges der britischen Royal Navy. Das Schiff lief 1774 vom Stapel und wurde 1794 abgewrackt. Die Renown diente während… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • HMS Renown — Восемь кораблей Королевского флота носили название HMS Renown (рус. Известный), и еще три назывались так в ходе постройки: брандер, бывший французский Renommée. Захвачен в 1651 году корабль 5 ранга, бывший французский Renommée. Захвачен в 1747… …   Википедия

  • HMS Speedy (1798) — The battle schooner or gunboat HMS Speedy sank in a blinding snowstorm in Lake Ontario south of Brighton, Ontario and west of Prince Edward County, on 8 October 1804, with the loss of all hands. The sinking changed the course of Canadian history… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Defence (1763) — HMS Defence HMS Defence …   Википедия

  • HMS Martin (1790) — HMS Martin was a 16 gun sloop of the Royal Navy.Construction and commissioning Martin was a sclass|Hound|sloop|3, built to a design by John Henslow and ordered from Woolwich Dockyard on 17 January 1788. She was worked on by Master Shipwright John …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Revenge — Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge : * HMS Revenge was a 46 gun galleon launched in 1577. She fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, and was captured by a Spanish fleet 1591. She sank while being sailed back to Spain. *… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”