&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Dictator_(1783);_Sceptre_(1781)_RMG_J3645.jpg) Sceptre
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Sceptre |
| Ordered | 16 January 1779 |
| Builder | Randall, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | May 1780 |
| Launched | 8 June 1781 |
| Fate | Wrecked in Table Bay, 5 November 1799[1] |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Inflexible-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1398 (bm) |
| Length | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Draught | 5.7m[2] |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 481 men in 1799[2] |
| Armament | |
HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe.[3] The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.[1]
- ^ a b Nørby 2022, p. 31.
- ^ a b c Nørby 2022, p. 32.
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.