HMS Spartiate (1798)

"Sparti" was a French 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1797. In 1798, she took part in the Battle of the Nile, where she became one of the nine ships captured by the Royal Navy. By the time of the Nile, she is listed as being named "Spartiate".

In 1805, HMS "Spartiate" fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under Francis Laforey. With "Minotaur", she forced the surrender of the Spanish ship "Neptuno", of 80 guns.

She was converted to a sheer hulk in August 1842. She was later broken up, a process completed on 30 May 1857.

References

*Colledge
*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.