HMS Hector (1774)
Appearance
![]() Going aboard Hector in 1891
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History | |
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Name | HMS Hector |
Ordered | 14 January 1771 |
Builder | Adams, Deptford |
Laid down | April 1771 |
Launched | 27 May 1774 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Broken up, 1816 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Royal Oak-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1622 (bm) |
Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Hector was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 May 1774 at Deptford.[2]
Career
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On 10 January 1778 she captured French merchant ship "Thomas Koulican" (or Kouli Kan) at (46°00′N 09°00′W / 46.000°N 9.000°W).[3] On 9 May 1801 Hector, Kent, and Cruelle unsuccessfully chased the French corvette Heliopolis, which eluded them and slipped into Alexandria.[4]
Because Hector served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
Fate
[edit]Hector was converted for use as a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up in 1816.[2]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
- ^ "NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" (PDF). history.navy.mil. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ James (1837), p.93.
- ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
References
[edit]- James, William (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV. R. Bentley.
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links
[edit]Media related to HMS Hector (ship, 1774) at Wikimedia Commons