HMS Vigo (1810)
Vigo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Vigo |
| Ordered | 20 October 1806 |
| Builder | Ross, Rochester |
| Laid down | April 1807 |
| Launched | 21 February 1810 |
| Commissioned | January 1811 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1865 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,786 71⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft 9 in (53.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 11 in (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Vigo was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1810, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. launched on 21 February 1810 at Rochester.
She became a receiving ship in 1827, and was broken up in 1865.
HMS Vigo is one of the few but significant number of ships to have been built by a shipyard owned by a woman. A Mrs Mary Ross was the widow of the former owner of Acorn Warf at Rochester. She was evidently successful in the business and would go on to build a further 8 vessels for the Royal Navy, including one other 74-gun ship, HMS Stirling Castle.