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Name: | HMS Alfred |
Ordered: | 13 August 1772 |
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Laid down: | November 1772 at Chatham Dockyard |
Launched: | 22 October 1778 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1814 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Alfred-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1638 (bm) |
Length: | 169 ft (52 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 47 ft 2 in (14.38 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Alfred was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1778 at Chatham.
She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780.
Lloyd's List reported on 17 May 1795 that Alfred had captured a French 22-gun corvette off Cape Finisterre. The corvette had been sailing to the West Indies and Alfred took her into Barbados.
Alfred was broken up in 1814.
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