HMS Alfred (1778)

History
UK
Name:	HMS Alfred
Ordered:	13 August 1772
Builder:	Joseph Harris (August 1772 - March 1773) William Gray (March 1773 - February 1774) Israel Pownoll (February 1774 - October 1778)
Laid down:	November 1772 at Chatham Dockyard
Launched:	22 October 1778
Fate:	Broken up, 1814
Notes:	Participated in: Battle of Cape St Vincent
General characteristics
Class and type:	Alfred-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1638 (bm)
Length:	169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Alfred was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1778 at Chatham.

She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.

Lloyd's List reported on 17 May 1795 that Alfred had captured a French 22-gun corvette off Cape Finisterre. The corvette had been sailing to the West Indies and Alfred took her into Barbados.

Alfred was broken up in 1814.

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