HMS Conquestador (1810)

Plan drawing of Conquestadore
History
United Kingdom
NameConquestador
Ordered20 October 1806
BuilderRobert Guillaume, Northam
Laid downAugust 1807
Launched1 August 1810
CommissionedSeptember 1810
FateSold, 10 May 1897
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,773 2594 (bm)
Length176 ft 4 in (53.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 11 in (14.6 m)
Draught17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold21 ft 1 in (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Conquestador was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1810, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. launched on 1 August 1810 at Northam.[1]

She was cut down to a 50-gun ship in 1827, and hulked in 1860. Conquestador was sold out of the Navy in 1897.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lavery, p. 188

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