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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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|
History
|
United Kingdom
|
Name
| HMS
Elizabeth
|
Builder
| Wells, Blackwall
|
Laid down
| August 1805
|
Launched
| 23 May 1807
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Fate
| Broken up, 1820
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General characteristics
[1]
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Class and type
| Repulse
-class
ship of the line
|
Tons burthen
| 1724 (
bm
)
|
Length
| 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
|
Beam
| 47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
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Depth of hold
| 20 ft (6.1 m)
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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
Elizabeth
was a 74-gun
third-rate
ship of the line
of the
Royal Navy
, launched on 23 May 1807 at
Blackwall
.
[1]
Career
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On 12 March 1812, as the merchant ship
Ramoncita
was returning from Lima and Cadiz, the French privateer
Amelia
captured her. However,
HMS
Virago
recaptured
Ramoncita
. The salvage money notice stated that
Virago
had been in company with
HMS
Venerable
,
Cumberland
,
Elizabeth
, and
Plantagenet
.
[2]
On 25 May 1814,
Elizabeth
captured the French naval
xebec
Aigle
and her prize, the
Glorioso
off Corfu.
Weazel
shared in the prize money though it was the boats of
Elizabeth
that performed the actual capture in an action that in 1847 earned for their crews the Naval General Service Medal with clasp, "24 May Boat Service 1814".
[3]
[a]
Aigle
was armed with 6 guns, a howitzer, and 3
swivel guns
, and had a crew of 40 men. The capture of the
Aigle
represented the last naval surrender of the French Tricolour in the Napoleonic Wars.
[5]
Fate
[
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]
Elizabeth
was broken up in 1820.
[1]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
A first-class share of the prize money was worth £61 7¼d; a sixth-class share was worth 9s 2¼d.
[4]
Citations
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References
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]
- 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
.