HMS Boyne (1810)

Fight of the Romulus against HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, by Vincent Courdouan (1848)
History
UK
Name:	HMS Boyne
Ordered:	25 June 1801
Builder:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1806
Launched:	3 July 1810
Renamed:	HMS Excellent, 1834
Fate:	Broken up, 1861
General characteristics
Class and type:	Boyne-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2155 bm
Length:	186 ft (57 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	51 ft 5 in (15.67 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Boyne was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 July 1810 at Portsmouth.

On 12 February 1814 she took part with HMS Caledonia in a hot action against the French line-of-battle ship Romulus off Toulon; the French 74 managed to escape to Toulon by sailing close to the coast to avoid being surrounded.

In 1834 she was renamed HMS Excellent and became a training ship. Excellent was broken up in 1861.