HMS Caesar (1793)

HMS Caesar engaging Mont Blanc at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, 4 November 1805
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Caesar
OrderedNovember 1783
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid down24 January 1786
Launched16 November 1793
FateBroken up, 1821
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2002 7494 (bm)
Length181 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam51 ft 3 in (15.62 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Caesar, also Cæsar, was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1793 at Plymouth. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1] She was also one of only two British-built 80-gun ships of the period, the other being HMS Foudroyant.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 183.