Vengeur class ship of the line

Vengeur class ship of the line

The "Vengeur"-class ships of the line were a class of forty 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the Surveyors of the Navy at the time. The "Vengeur", sometimes referred to as the Surveyors' class of third rates, amongst other names, was the most numerous class of ships of the line ever built for the Navy. Due to some dubious practices, primarily in the commercial dockyards used for construction, this class of ships earned itself the nickname of 'Forty Thieves.' Around 1845 a number of these ships were converted into 'blockships', the current term for floating batteries, equipped with a steam/screw propulsion system. In this guise some of them saw action during the Crimean War.

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*HMS|Ajax|1809|6:Builder: Perry, Blackwall:Ordered: 1 July 1807:Launched: 2 May 1809:Fate: Broken up, 1864

*HMS|Berwick|1809|6:Builder: Perry, Blackwall:Ordered: 1 July 1807:Launched: 11 September 1809:Fate: Broken up, 1821

*HMS|Rodney|1809|6:Builder: Barnard, Deptford:Ordered: 28 May 1808:Launched: 8 December 1809:Fate: Sold, 1836

*HMS|Poictiers|1809|6:Builder: King, Upnor:Ordered: 1 October 1806:Launched: 9 December 1809:Fate: Broken up, 1857

*HMS|Vigo|1810|6:Builder: Ross, Rochester:Ordered: 20 October 1806:Launched: 21 February 1810:Fate: Broken up, 1865

*HMS|Cressy|1810|6:Builder: Brindley, Frindsbury:Ordered: 1 October 1806:Launched: 7 March 1810:Fate: Broken up, 1832

*HMS|Egmont|1810|6:Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 7 March 1810:Fate: Sold, 1875

*HMS|Armada|1810|6:Builder: Blackburn, Turnchapel:Ordered: 21 October 1806:Launched: 23 March 1810:Fate: Sold, 1863

*HMS|America|1810|6:Builder: Perry, Blackwall:Ordered: 22 August 1807:Launched: 21 April 1810:Fate: Broken up, 1867

*HMS|Vengeur|1810|6:Builder: Graham, Harwich:Ordered: 20 October 1806:Launched: 19 June 1810:Fate: Broken up, 1843

*HMS|Conquestador|1810|6:Builder: Guillam, Northam:Ordered: 20 October 1806:Launched: 1 August 1810:Fate: Sold, 1897

*HMS|Edinburgh|1811|6:Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 26 November 1811:Fate: Sold, 1866

*HMS|Barham|1811|6:Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall:Ordered: 2 November 1807:Launched: 8 July 1811:Fate: Broken up, 1839

*HMS|Hogue|1811|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered: 1 October 1806:Launched: 3 October 1811:Fate: Broken up, 1865

*HMS|Duncan|1811|6:Builder: Dudman, Deptford:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 2 December 1811:Fate: Broken up, 1863

*HMS|Asia|1811|6:Builder: Brindley, Frindsbury:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 2 December 1811:Fate: Broken up, 1865

*HMS|Stirling Castle|1811|6:Builder: Ross, Rochester:Ordered: 12 August 1807:Launched: 31 December 1811:Fate: Broken up, 1861

*HMS|Mulgrave|1812|6:Builder: King, Upnor:Ordered: 23 June 1807:Launched: 1 January 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1854

*HMS|Cornwall|1812|6:Builder: Barnard, Deptford:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 16 January 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1875

*HMS|Dublin|1812|6:Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe:Ordered: 31 July 1807:Launched: 13 February 1812:Fate: Sold, 1885

*HMS|Gloucester|1812|6:Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet:Ordered: 11 June 1808:Launched: 27 February 1812:Fate: Sold, 1884

*HMS|Scarborough|1812|6:Builder: Graham, Harwich:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 29 March 1812:Fate: Sold, 1836

*HMS|Clarence|1812|6:Builder: Blackburn, Turnchapel:Ordered: 13 July 1807:Launched: 11 April 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1828

*HMS|Anson|1812|6:Builder: Steemson, Hull:Ordered: 2 November 1807:Launched: 11 May 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1851

*HMS|Pembroke|1812|6:Builder: Wigram, Wells & Green, Blackwall:Ordered: 17 May 1808:Launched: 27 June 1812:Fate: Sold, 1905

*HMS|Rippon|1812|6:Builder: Blake & Scott, Bursledon:Ordered: 1 January 1808:Launched: 8 August 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1821

*HMS|Devonshire|1812|6:Builder: Barnard, Deptford:Ordered: 28 May 1808:Launched: 23 September 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1869

*HMS|Medway|1812|6:Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet:Ordered: 19 August 1807:Launched: 19 November 1812:Fate: Sold, 1865

*HMS|Indus|1812|6:Builder: Dudman, Deptford:Ordered: 31 July 1807:Launched: 19 December 1812:Fate: Broken up, 1868

*HMS|Benbow|1813|6:Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe:Ordered: 11 June 1808:Launched: 3 February 1813:Fate: Sold, 1892

*HMS|Cornwallis|1813|6:Builder: Bombay Dockyard:Ordered: 25 July 1810:Launched: 12 May 1813:Fate: Broken up, 1957

*HMS|Blenheim|1813|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered: 4 January 1808:Launched: 31 May 1813:Fate: Broken up, 1865

*HMS|Vindictive|1813|6:Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard:Ordered: 15 January 1806:Launched: 30 November 1813:Fate: Sold, 1871

*HMS|Redoutable|1815|6:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard:Ordered: 29 December 1806:Launched: 26 January 1815:Fate: Broken up, 1841

*HMS|Defence|1815|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: 23 March 1809:Launched: 25 April 1815:Fate: Burnt, 1857

*HMS|Hercules|1815|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: 16 May 1809:Launched: 5 September 1815:Fate: Sold, 1865

*HMS|Pitt|1816|6:Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched: 13 April 1816:Fate: Broken up, 1877

*HMS|Hero|1816|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched: 21 September 1816:Fate: Sold, 1908

*HMS|Agincourt|1817|6:Builder: Plymouth Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched: 19 March 1817:Fate: Sold, 1884

*HMS|Russell|1822|6:Builder: Deptford Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched: 22 May 1822:Fate: Broken up, 1865

In fiction

A fictitious member of this class of 74s, HMS "Worcester", features largely in The Ionian Mission, one of the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian.

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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