&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Ramillies_(1763)_Marlborough_(1767).jpg) Terrible
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Terrible |
| Ordered | 8 January 1761 |
| Builder | John Barnard, Harwich Dockyard |
| Launched | 4 September 1762 |
| Fate | Burned, 1781 |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Ramillies-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1644 |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by John Barnard and launched on 4 September 1762 at King's Yard in Harwich, as a sister ship to HMS Arrogant.[1]
In the English Channel, on 15 April, 1777, under Captain Richard Bickerton, she took an American privateer brig called the Rising States, Capt Thompson.[2][3]
In 1778 she fought at the First Battle of Ushant, and in 1781 Terrible (Capt. Finch) was part of Sir Thomas Graves' fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake. During the course of the battle, she took heavy damage, and was scuttled, or deliberately sunk, after the battle had ended.[4]
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p177.
- ^ Log of Captain Richard Bickerton, HMS Terrible, 15 and 16 April 1777. Primary source transcribed on blog site http://paulinespiratesandprivateers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/history-aboard-terrible.html accessed 6 Dec 2015
- ^ "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Larrabee, Harold A. (1964). Decision at the Chesapeake. New York: Clarkson N. Potter. pp. 220–222. OCLC 426234.