HMS Dreadnought (1801)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dreadnought.
HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched at Portsmouth at midday on Saturday, 13 June 1801, after she had spent 13 years on the stocks.[1] She was the first man-of-war launched since the Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displayed a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Royal arms as emblazoned on the Standard.
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Name | Dreadnought |
Ordered | 17 January 1788 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | July 1788 |
Launched | 13 June 1801 |
Fate | Broken up, 1857 |
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Class and type | Neptune-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2,110 (bm) |
Length | 185 ft (56 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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