The Battle of the Saints, 12 April 1782, by Nicholas Pocock. Dominating the left foreground the ‘'Duke'’ is moving in to break the line and engage two French ships
She was named after the Duke of Cumberland of Culloden fame and had a figurehead of the Duke.[2]
duke, 1777, other, ships, with, same, name, duke, duke, second, rate, ship, line, royal, navy, launched, october, 1777, plymouth, dukehistory, great, britain, namehms, duke, ordered18, june, 1771, builderplymouth, dockyard, laid, downoctober, 1772, launched18,. For other ships with the same name see HMS Duke HMS Duke was a 98 gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on 18 October 1777 at Plymouth 1 DukeHistory Great Britain NameHMS Duke Ordered18 June 1771 BuilderPlymouth Dockyard Laid downOctober 1772 Launched18 October 1777 FateBroken up 1843 General characteristics 1 Class and typeDuke class ship of the line Tons burthen194328 94 bm Length177 ft 6 in 54 10 m gundeck Beam50 ft 15 m Depth of hold21 ft 2 in 6 45 m PropulsionSails Sail planFull rigged ship Armament98 guns Gundeck 28 32 pdrs Middle gundeck 30 18 pdrs Upper gundeck 30 12 pdrs Quarterdeck 8 12 pdrs Forecastle 2 12 pdrs The Battle of the Saints 12 April 1782 by Nicholas Pocock Dominating the left foreground the Duke is moving in to break the line and engage two French ships She was named after the Duke of Cumberland of Culloden fame and had a figurehead of the Duke 2 She was at the Battle of Ushant in July 1778 and the Battle of the Saintes known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique or Battle of Dominica that took place 9 April 1782 12 April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War Under command of Captain Alan Gardner later Baron Gardner she served in the white squadron under overall control of Admiral George Rodney 2 Duke was employed on harbour service from 1799 and was broken up in 1843 1 Citations and notes edit a b c Lavery Ships of the Line vol 1 p 179 a b Famous Fighters of the Fleet Edward Fraser 1904 p 111References editLavery Brian 2003 The Ship of the Line Volume 1 The development of the battlefleet 1650 1850 Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 252 8 nbsp This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Duke 1777 amp oldid 1123966537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
