HMS Indefatigable (1784)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Indefatigable.

Indefatigable joining her squadron offshore, circa 1800, John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Indefatigable
Ordered3 August 1780
BuilderHenry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid downMay 1781
LaunchedJuly 1784
CommissionedDecember 1794
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up at Chatham, March 1816
NotesRazeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795
General characteristics [4]
Class and typeArdent-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1384+3⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 160 ft 1+1⁄4 in (48.8 m) (gundeck);
  • 131 ft 10+3⁄4 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 5 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold19 ft (5.8 m) (as frigate, 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m))
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement310 officers and men (as frigate)
Armament
  • As built:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
  • As frigate:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 42-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 42-pounder carronades

HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. She took some 27 prizes, alone or in company, and the Admiralty authorised the issue of four clasps to the Naval General Service Medal in 1847 to any surviving members of her crews from the respective actions.[1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816.

  1. ^ a b c "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.
  2. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.
  3. ^ a b "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  4. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.