HMS Sceptre (1802)
Plan drawing of Sceptre | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sceptre |
| Ordered | 4 February 1800 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | December 1800 |
| Launched | 11 December 1802 |
| Commissioned | 8 April 1803 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,727 20⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 174 ft 1 in (53.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 7 in (14.5 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 10 in (5.4 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Sceptre was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1803, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 before being broken up in 1821.