HMS 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]
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]
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.