HMS Cressy (1810)

Cressey
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Cressy
Ordered1 October 1806
BuilderBrindley, Frindsbury
Launched7 March 1810
FateBroken up 1832
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1763 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
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Cressy was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1810 at Frindsbury.[1]

A View of the shipwreck and total loss of the St George and the Defence; Cressy can be seen top left of the picture
  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 188.