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HMS Conqueror (1773)

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name: HMS Conqueror
Ordered: 12 October 1768
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: October 1769
Launched: 10 October 1773
Fate: Broken up, 1794
General characteristics
Class and type: Royal Oak-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1606
Length: 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Conqueror was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 October 1773 at Plymouth.

She was commanded by Captain George Balfour in the Battle of the Saintes, 1782.

She was broken up in 1794.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.



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