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Repulse

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Repulse
Ordered4 February 1800
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downSeptember 1800
Launched22 July 1803
FateBroken up, 1820
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1727 23⁄94 (bm)
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Repulse was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 July 1803 at Deptford.[1]

In 1805, Repulse took part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. In 1807 the ship served in the Mediterranean squadron under Vice-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth and Vice-Admiral Harry Riddick during the Dardanelles Operation and the Alexandria expedition of 1807.

Captain Halliday of Repulse saving HMS Philomel from capture by the French off Toulon, 31 August 1810, Nicholas Pocock

She was broken up in 1820.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.
  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.