HMS Renown (1798)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Renown and HMS Royal Oak.

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Renown
Ordered10 June 1795
BuilderDudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid downNovember 1796
Launched2 May 1798
RenamedHMS Royal Oak, 1814
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1]
FateBroken up, May 1835
NotesHarbour service from 1814
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeAmerica-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1899 (bm)
Length182 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 7+1⁄2 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 7 in (6.58 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 ×  32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 ×  18-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 ×  9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 ×  9-pounder guns

HMS Renown was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.[2] She was to have been named HMS Royal Oak, but the name was changed to Renown on 15 February 1796.[citation needed] She was launched at Deptford Wharf on 2 May 1798[2] and served in 1800-1801 as the flagship of Sir John Borlase Warren, initially in the English Channel.

  1. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  2. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.