HMS Canada (1765)

HMS Canada, 5 July 1811
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Canada
Ordered1 December 1759
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched17 September 1765
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up, 1834
NotesPrison ship from 1810
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCanada-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1605 (bm)
Length170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Canada was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 September 1765 at Woolwich Dockyard.[1]

On 2 May 1781, Canada engaged and captured the Spanish ship Santa Leocadia, of 34 guns.[2]

In 1782, Canada was under the command of William Cornwallis,[2] when she took part in the Battle of St. Kitts. Later that year she participated in the Battle of the Saintes.

She took part in the action of 6 November 1794 under Charles Powell Hamilton and managed to avoid capture.

Canada at the Battle of Tory Island, 12 October 1798
  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 176.
  2. ^ a b Ships of the Old Navy, Canada.