HMS Swiftsure (1804)
Swiftsure | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Swiftsure |
| Ordered | 16 August 1800 |
| Builder | Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down | August 1802 |
| Launched | 23 July 1804 |
| Commissioned | August 1804 |
| Reclassified | As a receiving ship, May 1819 |
| Fate | Broken up, 18 October 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Swiftsure-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,725 73⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 173 ft (52.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 10 in (14.6 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 9 in (6.3 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of her class of two 74-gun third-rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1804, she participated in the Trafalgar campaign of 1805, including in the Battle of Trafalgar itself.