HMS Impregnable (1786)

HMS Impregnable (1786)

HMS "Impregnable" was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1786 at Deptford Dockyard.

In 1794, "Impregnable" served as Rear Admiral Caldwell's flagship at the Glorious First of June.

She was wrecked in 1799.

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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.

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