HMS Elizabeth (1807)

HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 May 1807 at Blackwall.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Elizabeth.

Elizabeth
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Elizabeth
BuilderWells, Blackwall
Laid downAugust 1805
Launched23 May 1807
FateBroken up, 1820
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1724 (bm)
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

Career

On 12 March 1812, as the merchant ship Ramoncita was returning from Lima and Cadiz, the French privateer Amelia captured her. However, HMS Virago recaptured Ramoncita. The salvage money notice stated that Virago had been in company with HMS Venerable, Cumberland, Elizabeth, and Plantagenet.[2]

On 25 May 1814, Elizabeth captured the French naval xebec Aigle and her prize, the Glorioso off Corfu. Weazel shared in the prize money though it was the boats of Elizabeth that performed the actual capture in an action that in 1847 earned for their crews the Naval General Service Medal with clasp, "24 May Boat Service 1814".[3][lower-alpha 1] Aigle was armed with 6 guns, a howitzer, and 3 swivel guns, and had a crew of 40 men. The capture of the Aigle represented the last naval surrender of the French Tricolour in the Napoleonic Wars.[5]

Fate

Elizabeth was broken up in 1820.[1]

Notes
  1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £61 7¼d; a sixth-class share was worth 9s 2¼d.[4]

Citations
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
  2. "No. 16744". The London Gazette. 22 June 1813. p. 1228.
  3. "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 247.
  4. "No. 17032". The London Gazette. 1 July 1815. p. 1287.
  5. Literary Panorama and National Register, Volume 7, pp.149-150.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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