HMS Culloden (1783)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Culloden
Ordered12 July 1779
BuilderRandall, Rotherhithe
Laid downJanuary 1782
Launched16 June 1783
Honours and
awards
Participated in:
FateBroken up, February 1813
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeGanges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1683 (bm)
Length169 ft 6 in (51.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 8+12 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 3 in (6.2 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 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.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 180.