- HMS Lion (1777)
HMS "Lion" was a 64-gun
third rate ship of the line of theRoyal Navy , launched onSeptember 3 1777 atPortsmouth Dockyard.She fought at the
Battle of Grenada under CaptainWilliam Cornwallis on the6 July 1779 , where she was badly damaged and forced to run downwind toJamaica . She remained on the Jamaica station for the next year.In March
1780 , the "Lion" fought an action in company with two other ships against a larger French force off Monte Christi on San Domingo. A second action took place in June1780 near Bermuda when Cornwallis in the "Lion" with three other ships of the line and a fifty-gun ship met a larger French squadron carrying the troops of Rochambeau to North America. The French were too strong for Cornwallis's squadron, but were content to continue with their mission instead of attacking the smaller British force.In
1796 , she visitedCape Town .She was converted to a sheer hulk in September
1816 , following the end of theNapoleonic wars , and was sold to be broken up at Chatham onNovember 30 1837 .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.
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