HMS Venerable (1784)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Thomas-Whitcombe-Battle-of-Camperdown.jpg |Ship caption=The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Great Britain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} |Ship name=HMS Venerable |Ship ordered=9 August 1781 |Ship builder=Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard |Ship laid down=April 1782 |Ship launched=19 April 1784 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship notes=*Participated in: |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Wrecked 24 November 1804 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180. |Ship class={{sclass|Culloden|ship of the line}} |Ship tons burthen= 1669 (bm) |Ship length={{convert|170|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|47|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|19|ft|11|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns |Ship notes= }} |
HMS Venerable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 April 1784 at Blackwall Yard.
Service history
In 1795, Veneraable is known to have been under the command of Captain James Bissett.Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, David Bonner Smith
File:'John Crawford, Nailing the Flag to the Main top gallant mast head, on board the Venerable, October 11th 1797' RMG PU3446.tiff - the Hero of Camperdown, nailing the flag to the main top gallant mast head, on board the Venerable during the battle]]
In 1797, Venerable served as Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown.Ships of the Old Navy, Venerable.
In 1801, Venerable took part in the First Battle of Algeciras on 6 July and the Second Battle of Algeciras on 12–13 July. During the latter engagement, she was driven ashore on the coast of Spain in Algeciras Bay, but she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Fate
Venerable was wrecked on 24 November 1804, off Roundham Head near Torbay. Three of her crew were lost.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005721504;view=1up;seq=399 |title=The Marine List |journal=Lloyd's List |issue=4509 |date=27 November 1804 |pages=78 v }}
File:Captain T. Byam Martin commanding the boats of H.M.S. Impétueux at the rescue of the crew of H.M.S. Venerable wrecked in Torbay, 24th November 1804.jpg at the rescue of the crew of Venerable, Nicholas Pocock]]
Newspapers reported a dispatch dated 28 November: The Venerable had gone to pieces in a tremendous gale, the number of men drowned is said to be 13 — they are supposed to have been intoxicated when the ship struck. The commander of the Venerable was captain Hunter a brave and skilful officer and a gentleman of considerable literary and scientific acquirements who was for some time governor of New South Wales and has favoured the public with an interesting account of that colony.{{cite news |title=Africaine damaged in a gale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48599174/hms-venerable-hms-romney-africaine/ |access-date=13 April 2020 |publisher=Aurora General Advertiser (Philadelphia) |date=6 February 1805 |page=2|via= Newspapers.com}}
Two days later, on 26 November, the hired armed ship {{ship||Lady Warren|1804 ship|2}} sailed from Plymouth to Torbay with {{HMS|Growler|1804|2}}, six gun-vessels and yard-lighters, and other craft, to save the stores, guns, etc. from the wreck of Venerable.Naval Chronicle, Vol. 12, p.504.
Citations and notes
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References
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- 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}}.
- Michael Phillips. [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=2330 Venerable (74) (1784)]. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
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External links
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Category:Culloden-class ships of the line
Category:Ships built by the Blackwall Yard
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Category:Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea