HMS Hector (1774)

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Going aboard Hector in 1891
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HMS Hector was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 May 1774 at Deptford.[1]

Career

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HMS Hector and Bristol in distress during the Great Hurricane of 1780

On 10 January 1778 she captured French merchant ship "Thomas Koulican" (or Kouli Kan) at (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[2] On 9 May 1801 Hector, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". unsuccessfully chased the French corvette Heliopolis, which eluded them and slipped into Alexandria.[3]

Because Hector served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.[Note 1]

Fate

Hector was converted for use as a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up in 1816.[1]

Notes

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  1. ↑ A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[4]

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Citations

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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. Template:ISBN.

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