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HMS Sultan (1807)

{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship image='Illustrious' (1803), 'Albion' (1802), 'Hero' (1803), 'Marlborough' (1807), 'York' (1807), 'Hannibal' (1810), 'Sultan' (1807), and 'Royal Oak' (1809) RMG J2888.jpg

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|Ship country=United Kingdom

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|Ship name=HMS Sultan

|Ship ordered=31 January 1805

|Ship builder=Dudman, Deptford Wharf

|Ship laid down=December 1805

|Ship launched=19 September 1807

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|Ship fate=Broken up, 1864

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|Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.

|Ship class={{sclass|Fame|ship of the line|3}}

|Ship tons burthen=1751 (bm)

|Ship length={{convert|175|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)

|Ship beam={{convert|47|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

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|Ship hold depth={{convert|20|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

|Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship

|Ship propulsion=Sails

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|Ship armament=*Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns

  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

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HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 September 1807 at Deptford Wharf.

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone while captained by Edward Griffith.{{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim|last=Troude|author-link=Onésime-Joachim Troude|year=1867|publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfFrDVTkcpsC|title=Batailles navales de la France|language=French|volume=4|pages=56–58}}

On 10 October 1814 Sultan was escorting some transports when {{ship||Baring|1809 ship|2}} wrecked at Beerhaven. Sultan{{'}}s boats, and those of {{HMS|Shamrock|1812|2}}, were able to rescue the crew and all the troops, save five men.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005785830?urlappend=%3Bseq=405 Lloyd's List.] The troops consisted of 200 men from the 40th Regiment of Foot.Grocott (1997), pp.370-1.

Fate

Sultan became a receiving ship in 1860, and was broken up in 1864.

Citations

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References

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  • Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). {{ISBN|1-86176-030-2}}
  • 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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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy

Category:Fame-class ships of the line

Category:1807 ships

Category:Ships built in Deptford

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