HMS Modeste (1759)

Modeste
History
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
NameModeste
BuilderToulon
Laid downApril 1756
Launched12 February 1759
CompletedMay 1759
Captured18 August 1759, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Modeste
Acquired
  • 18 August 1759 (captured)
  • 7 January 1760 (purchased)
ReclassifiedReceiving ship from 1778
FateBroken up in August 1800
General characteristics [1]
Class and type64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,357 47/94 bm
Length
  • 158 ft 6 in (48.3 m) (overall)
  • 129 ft (39.3 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 5.75 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 8 in (5.99 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement500
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Lower deck: 26 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper deck: 28 × 12-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6-pdrs

HMS Modeste was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was previously the 64-gun Modeste, of the French Navy, launched in 1759 and captured later that year.

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.