HMS Egmont (1810)
Egmont | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Egmont |
| Ordered | 13 July 1807 |
| Builder | Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet |
| Laid down | October 1807 |
| Launched | 7 March 1810 |
| Commissioned | May 1811 |
| Reclassified | As a storeship, January 1863 |
| Fate | Sold, 2 January 1875 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,760 19⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft 2 in (53.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 9 in (14.6 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Egmont 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. Commissioned in 1811, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars during which she often served as a flagship. The ship was hulked in 1861 and then converted into a storeship. Egmont was sold for scrap in 1875.
In January 1819, the London Gazette reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Lord Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde. Egmont was listed among the vessels that had served under Keith in the Gironde.[Note 2]
She was converted to serve as a storeship in 1862, and was sold out of the Navy in 1875.[3]
Notes
Citations
- ^ "No. 17011". The London Gazette. 13 May 1815. p. 903.
- ^ "No. 17864". The London Gazette. 26 October 1822. p. 1752.
- ^ Lavery, p. 188
References
- Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.