HMS Atlas (1782)
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{{other ships|HMS Atlas}}
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HMS Atlas was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1782. She was a {{sclass|Duke|ship of the line}} built at Chatham Dockyard by Nicholas Phillips.
History
For some of the period between 1798 and 1802, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones.{{cite book
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7fUbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA95
| title = The United Service Magazine
| pages = 95–6
| year = 1836
| accessdate = 6 July 2014
}}
In 1802 she was reduced to a 74-gun ship.{{Cite book|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|last=Winfield|first=Rif|publisher=Seaforth|year=2007|isbn=9781-844157006|location=Barnsley, S. Yorkshire|pages=location 2040 of 22457|via=Kindle edition}}
In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed for mutiny.{{cite journal |last1=MacDougall|first1=Phillip |date=2022 |title=The Naval Mutinies of 1798 |journal=The Mariner's Mirror |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=423–438 |publisher=Society for Nautical Research}}
She participated in the naval Battle of San Domingo on 6 February 1806, when she suffered eight killed and 11 wounded. Her captain was Samuel Pym, who had joined her the year before.
In 1808, while off Cadiz and serving as the flagship of Rear Admiral Purvis, she came under fire from French batteries on many occasions. In all, she lost about 50 men killed and wounded. She was responsible for the destruction of Fort Catalina.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=0246|title=Atlas (98) [1782]}}
Atlas was fitted as a temporary prison ship at Portsmouth from 1813 to 1814. She then spent some months as a powder magazine. She was finally broken up in 1821.
Citations and notes
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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}}.
- {{cite book|last=Winfield|first=Rif|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|year=2008|edition=revised|isbn=978-1-84415-717-4}}
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Category:Ships built in Chatham
Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Category:Duke-class ships of the line
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