- HMS Canada (1765)
HMS "Canada" was a 74-gun
third rate ship of the line of theRoyal Navy , launched on17 September 1765 atWoolwich Dockyard .On
2 May 1781 , "Canada" engaged and captured the Spanish ship "Santa Leocadia", of 34 guns.Ships of the Old Navy, "Canada".]In 1782, "Canada" was under the command of
William Cornwallis , when she took part in theBattle of St. Kitts . Later that year she participated in theBattle of the Saintes .She took part in the
Action of 6 November 1794 and managed to avoid capture."Canada" became a prison ship from 1810, and was broken up in 1834.
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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.
*Michael Phillips. [http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/C1.HTM Ships of the Old Navy, A History of Ships of the 18th Century Royal Navy] . Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved2 June 2007.
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