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HMS Sultan (1807)

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Sultan
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Sultan
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderDudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid downDecember 1805
Launched19 September 1807
FateBroken up, 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1751 (bm)
Length175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 September 1807 at Deptford Wharf.[1]

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone.[2]

On 10 October 1814 Sultan was escorting some transports when Baring wrecked at Beerhaven. Sultan's boats, and those of Shamrock, were able to rescue the crew and all the troops, save five men.[3] The troops consisted of 200 men from the 40th Regiment of Foot.[4]

Fate

Sultan became a receiving ship in 1860, and was broken up in 1864.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
  2. ^ Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 4. Challamel ainé. pp. 56–58.
  3. ^ Lloyd's List.
  4. ^ Grocott (1997), pp.370-1.

References

  • Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). ISBN 1-86176-030-2
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.