History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Culloden |
Ordered | 12 July 1779 |
Builder | Randall, Rotherhithe |
Laid down | January 1782 |
Launched | 16 June 1783 |
Honours and awards | Participated in: |
Fate | Broken up, February 1813 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Ganges-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1683 (bm) |
Length | 169 ft 6 in (51.7 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 8+1⁄2 in (14.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 June 1783 at Rotherhithe.[1] She took part in some of the most famous battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars before she was broken up in 1813.