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HMS Conquestador (1810)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Conquestador.

Conquestadore
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Conquestador
Ordered20 October 1806
BuilderGuillam, Northam
Laid downAugust 1807
Launched1 August 1810
FateSold, 1897
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1773 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Conquestador was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Northam.[1]

She was cut down to a 50-gun ship in 1827, and hulked in 1860. Conquestador was sold out of the Navy in 1897.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. p.88 ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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