HMS Sceptre (1802)
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| Name: | HMS Sceptre |
| Ordered: | 4 February 1800 |
| Builder: | Dudman, Deptford |
| Laid down: | December 1800 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1802 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1727 (bm) |
| Length: | 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 4 in (14.43 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Sceptre was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, built by Dudman of Deptford after a design by Sir William Rule, and launched in December 1802 at Deptford. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 before being broken up in 1821.
On 20 June 1803, after a shakedown period, she came into Plymouth for a refit. She then sailed again on 28 June under the command of Captain A. C. Dickson to join the Channel fleet.
In July 1803, she sailed for the East Indies station. She would serve for five years in the East Indies before transferring to the Caribbean.
Scepter and Albion left Rio de Janeiro on 13 October, escorting Lord Melville, Earl Spencer, Princess Mary, Northampton, Anna, Ann, Glory, and Essex. They were in company with the 74-gun third rate ships of the line HMS Russell, and the fourth rate HMS Grampus. Three days later Albion and Scepter separated from the rest of the ships.
On 21 December 1803, Sceptern and Albion captured the French privateer Clarisse at 1°18′S 95°20′E / 1.300°S 95.333°E in the eastern Indian Ocean. Clarisse was armed with 12 guns and had a crew of 157 men. She had sailed from Isle de France (Mauritius) on 24 November with provisions for a six-month cruise to the Bay of Bengal. At the time of her capture she had not captured anything.Albion, Sceptre, and Clarisse arrived at Madras on 8 January 1804.
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