HMS Excellent (1787)

HMS Excellent (1787)

HMS "Excellent" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich on 27 November 1787. She was the captaincy of John Gell before he was appointed an Admiral. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aS4FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT736&lpg=PT736&dq=%22John+Gell%22+admiral&source=web&ots=IZn-nIEstW&sig=G2O0Dl0SFx9JU9w8C1MJspWgi1k&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPT738,M1 The Literary Parorama, Obituary] ,1807]

"Excellent" took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.

In 1820, she was reduced to a 58-gun ship, and from 1830 she was serving as a training ship. She was broken up in 1835.

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*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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