SPARTIATE HMS

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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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SPARTIATE HMS

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:04 pm

Built in 1797 at Toulon Naval Dockyard for the French Navy as SPARTI.
Ship of the Line, 'Téméraire' class, Displacement:1869 tons, L.battery deck:57m. B:14,71m. D:6,65m. Armament:74 guns of different caliber, complement:700
in 1798 she participated in the battle of the Nile, where she was one of the 9 ships were hijacked by the British, 02-08-1798 renamed HMS SPARTIATE.
In 1805 she took part in the battle of Trafalgar, along with HMS MINOTAUR they overpowered the Spanish NEPTUNO (80 guns) 3 dead and 20 wounded.
She returned to Plymouth for Repair to 02-1806 and was then added to the Channel Fleet and took part in the blockade of Rochefort, in 1808 in the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1842 converted into a hulk, 1857 demolished.
(B.I.O.T. 2005, 2x £1,10, StG.?)2nd ship of the right.
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