HMS Vigilant was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 October 1774 at Bucklers Hard.[1]
_RMG_J3148.png) Vigilant
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Vigilant |
| Ordered | 14 January 1771 |
| Builder | Adams, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down | February 1771 |
| Launched | 6 October 1774 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1816 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1347 bm |
| Length | 159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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By 1779 she had been deemed unseaworthy by the navy. She was stripped of her sails and used as a floating battery to support the amphibious landing of British Army troops on Port Royal Island, South Carolina prior to the Battle of Beaufort.[2] From 1799 she served as a prison ship, and was broken up in 1816.[1]
Citations
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edit- 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.
- Rowland, Lawrence; Moore, Alexander; Rogers, George (1996). The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514–1861. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-090-1. OCLC 194626437.
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