HMS Vindictive (1813)
Vindictive as a frigate | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Vindictive |
| Ordered | 15 January 1806 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1808 |
| Launched | 23 November 1813 |
| Completed | December 1813 |
| Commissioned | 17 October 1841 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Wrecked, July 1871 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,757 71⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft 2 in (53.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 8 in (14.5 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Vindictive was the lead ship of her class of 74-gun third-rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. The ship was immediately placed in ordinary when she was completed in 1813. She was razeed in 1828–1832 and reclassified as a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate. Vindictive was finally commissioned in 1842 where she served on the East Indies Station and served as the flagship on the North America and West Indies Station from 1844 to 1848. The ship was converted into a storeship in 1861–1862 and foundered at the island of Fernando Po in 1871. Her wreck was sold for scrap later that year.