Plan of the orlop deck of Veteran
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Veteran
Ordered3 August 1780
BuilderFabian, East Cowes
Laid downJuly 1781
Launched14 August 1787
FateBroken up, 1816
Notes
General characteristics [1]
Class and type64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,397 (bm)
Length160 ft 6 in (48.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 6 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 5 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Veteran was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 August 1787 at East Cowes. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1]

At end-February 1798 Veteran and HMS Astraea towed General Eliott in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, after her crew had abandoned her.[2]

In 1801, Veteran was present at the Battle of Copenhagen, as part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's reserve fleet.

In 1805, Veteran was captained by Capt. Andrew Fitzherbert Evans. She subsequently served as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres,[3] then second in command on the Jamaica Station.

Veteran was broken up in 1816.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 182.
  2. ↑ Lloyd's List №2984.
  3. ↑ O'Byrne, W.R. (1849). A naval biographical dictionary.

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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