For other ships with the same name, see HMS Trident.
HMS Trident was a 64-gun third rateship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 April 1768 at Portsmouth.[1] On 30 January 1772 in Gibraltar harbour during a severe winter storm the Danish ship-of-the-line Prinsesse Wilhelmine Caroline dragged its anchor, colliding with the bow of HMS Trident before running aground.[2]
^The United Service Magazine. 1836. pp. 95–6. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
Referencesedit
Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN0-85177-252-8.
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(in Danish)T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) “Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932“. Two volumes. Download Volume 1 and Volume 2.
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