HMS Hero (1803)

History
UK
Name	HMS Hero
Ordered	24 June 1800
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	August 1800
Launched	18 August 1803
Honours and; awards	list error: mixed text and list (help); Participated in: Battle of Cape Finisterre;
Fate	Wrecked, 1811
General characteristics
Class and type	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1743 ([[{Builder's Old Measurement\|bm]])
Length	175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns; Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Hero was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 August 1803 at Blackwall Yard.^[1]

She took part in Admiral Robert Calder's action at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805.^[2]

On 25 December 1811 Hero, under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel during a gale, with the loss of all but 12 of her crew.^[2]^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
^ ^a ^b Michael Phillips. Hero (74) (1803). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
^ Gossett (1986), p.92.

References

Gossett, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
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.

This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p185-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.

[SoN,_Hero-2] Michael Phillips. Hero (74) (1803). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 12 September 2007.

[3] Gossett (1986), p.92.

[1]

[2]

[3]