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HMS Terrible (1785)

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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Terrible.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Terrible
Ordered13 December 1781
BuilderWells, Rotherhithe
Laid down7 January 1783
Launched28 March 1785
FateBroken up, 1836
General characteristics
Class and typeCulloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen167917⁄94 (bm) )
Length170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 11 in (6.07 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1785 at Rotherhithe.

In December 1813 she was paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard. She remained out of service until 1829, other than a nine-month period between August 1822 and May 1823 when she acted as a receiving ship for volunteers and pressed men. From 1829 to 1836 she served as a coal depot for Navy steamships. Declared surplus even to this limited requirement, she was brought to Deptford Dockyard and broken up in March 1836.

Citations and notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.
  2. Winfield 2007, p.83

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157006.


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