HMS La Hogue

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

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS La Hogue
Ordered1 October 1806
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downApril 1808
Launched3 October 1811
FateBroken up, 1865
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1750 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
Plans for the Hogue

HMS La Hogue was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1811 at Deptford.[1] She was named after the 1692 Battle of La Hogue. "The La Hogue of 1811 [...] sported a green and chocolate lion, its grinning mouth displaying rows of white teeth and a huge red tongue."[2]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
  2. ^ Lubbock, Basil (1922), The Blackwall Frigates, p.21.