HMS Vengeur (1810)

Vengeur in Naples Bay with the Neapolitan flag at her main masthead, 1820, by Nicolas S. Cammillieri
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Vengeur
Ordered20 October 1806
BuilderGraham, Harwich
Laid downJuly 1807
Launched19 June 1810
FateBroken up, 1843
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1765 bm
Length176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.5 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
Plan for the Vengeur

HMS Vengeur was a 74-gun third-rate Vengeur-class ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 June 1810 at Harwich.[1] She had an uneventful career, having participated in no battles or engagements.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.