Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
For other ships with the same name, see
HMS Duke .
Duke
History Great Britain Name HMS Duke Ordered 18 June 1771 Builder Plymouth Dockyard Laid down October 1772 Launched 18 October 1777 Fate Broken up, 1843 General characteristics [ 1] Class and type Duke -classship of the line Tons burthen 194328 ⁄94 bm ) Length 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck) Beam 50 ft (15 m) Depth of hold 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m) Propulsion Sails Sail plan Full-rigged ship Armament
98 guns:
Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs
The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782, by Nicholas Pocock . Dominating the left foreground the ‘'Duke'’ is moving in to break the line and engage two French ships HMS Duke was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 18 October 1777 at Plymouth .[ 1]
She was named after the Duke of Cumberland of Culloden fame and had a figurehead of the Duke.[ 2]
She was at the Battle of Ushant in July 1778 and the Battle of the Saintes 'Bataille de la Dominique ), or Battle of Dominica , that took place 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American Revolutionary War . Under command of Captain Alan Gardner (later Baron Gardner) she served in the white squadron under overall control of Admiral George Rodney .[ 2]
Duke was employed on harbour service from 1799, and was broken up in 1843.[ 1]
Citations and notes
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 179.
^ a b Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.111
References
Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
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