HMS Victorious (1785)
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HMS Victorious was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard, London on 27 April 1785.Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
Career
In April 1795, Victorious ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was dismasted.{{cite journal |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050998239;view=1up;seq=279 |title=The Marine List |journal=New Lloyd's List |issue=2604 |date=18 April 1794 |pages=78 v }}
During the month of February 1796, Victorious encountered and captured the French privateer brig Hasard, formerly the British pilot ship Cartier, which was returning to Île de France (Mauritius) with a 10-man crew after having captured the East Indiaman Triton.Demerliac, p. 309, no 2915
She took part in the action of 9 September 1796.
Victorious participated in the capture of the Dutch colony of Cape Town, in which an invasion had been caused due to fears of France's expansion across the world. Britain seized the strategic Cape Town and thus secured the nation its routes to the East. The rest of her career was spent in the warm climates of the East Indies, patrolling the vast waters in that region.
In 1801 Captain Pulteney Malcolm took command as Victorious served as flagship for Admiral Peter Rainier.
Fate
On her homeward passage from the East Indies in 1803, Victorious proved exceedingly leaky. When she met with heavy weather in the North Atlantic, her crew had difficulty keeping her afloat till she reached the Tagus, where she was run ashore. Malcolm, with the officers and crew, returned to England in two vessels that he chartered at Lisbon. She was condemned and then broken up in August at Lisbon.Winfield (2008), p.60.
On 1 August Sir Andrew Mitchell arrived at Portsmouth, in company with {{HMS|Calpe|1800|2}}, carrying Malcolm, his officers, and crew.Naval Chronicle, Vol. 10, p.173. Sir Andrew Mitchell, R. Gilmore, master, was a 14-year old, 522-ton (bm) ship on the Cork-Lisbon trade.Lloyd's Register (1804).
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References
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- {{cite book|title=Nomenclature des navires français|last=Demerliac|first=Alain|year=2003|publisher=Éditions A.N.C.R.E.|location=Nice|url=http://ancre.fr/en/ouvrages-de-base-en/42-nomenclature-des-navires-francais.html|language=French|volume=1792-1799}}
- 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 |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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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
Category:Maritime incidents in 1795
Category:Maritime incidents in 1803
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