HMS Dreadnought (1801)

Dreadnought as a quarantine ship, mid-1800s
History
United Kingdom
Name	Dreadnought
Ordered	17 January 1788
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	July 1788
Launched	13 June 1801
Fate	Broken up, 1857
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Trafalgar
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Neptune-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,110 (bm)
Length	185 ft (56 m) (gundeck)
Beam	51 ft (16 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 8 × 12-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched at Portsmouth at midday on Saturday, 13 June 1801, after she had spent 13 years on the stocks.^[1] She was the first man-of-war launched since the Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displayed a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Royal arms as emblazoned on the Standard.