HMS Leviathan (1790)

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Leviathan (1790)
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HMS Leviathan was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched on 9 October 1790.[1]

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Leviathan on the stocks, finished, at the Royal Dockyard Chatham, 1789

Service history

At the Battle of Trafalgar under Henry William Bayntun, she was near the front of the windward column led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard his flagship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and captured the Spanish ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. A flag said to have been flown by the Leviathan at Trafalgar is to be sold at auction by Arthur Cory in March 2016 - Bayntun is thought to have given it to his friend the Duke of Clarence (later William IV), who then gave it to Arthur Cory's direct ancestor Nicholas Cory, a senior officer on William's royal yacht Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., in thanks for helping the yacht win a race and a bet.[2][3]

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In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone.[5]

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Attack on convoy of eighteen French merchant ships at Laigrelia, 1812

On 27 June 1812, Leviathan, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". attacked an 18-strong French convoy at Laigueglia and Alassio in Liguria, northern Italy.

Fate

In 1816, after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, she was converted into a prison ship and in 1848 was sold and broken up.[1]

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. Template:ISBN.

External links

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