HMS Alfred (1778)

History
UK
Name	HMS Alfred
Ordered	13 August 1772
Builder	Joseph Harris (August 1772 - March 1773); William Gray (March 1773 - February 1774); Israel Pownoll (February 1774 - October 1778);
Laid down	November 1772 at Chatham Dockyard
Launched	22 October 1778
Fate	Broken up, 1814
Notes	Participated in:; Battle of Cape St Vincent;
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Tons burthen	1638 (bm)
Length	169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns; Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Alfred was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1778 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

Career

She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.

Lloyd's List reported on 17 May 1795 that Alfred had captured a French 22-gun corvette off Cape Finisterre. The corvette had been sailing to the West Indies and Alfred took her into Barbados.^[2]

Fate

Alfred was broken up in 1814.^[1]

Citations and references

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.
^ Lloyd's List №2820.

References

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.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p180-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.

[2] Lloyd's List №2820.

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