HMS Swiftsure (1804)
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| Name: | HMS Swiftsure |
| Ordered: | 1800 |
| Builder: | Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down: | February 1802 |
| Launched: | 23 July 1804 |
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| Fate: | Sold out of the service, 1845 |
| Notes: | Receiving ship from 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Swiftsure class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1724 (bm) |
| Length: | 173 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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HMS Swiftsure was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Bucklers Hard on 23 July 1804. She fought at Trafalgar.
The French 74-gun ship Swiftsure also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801.
It was a myth at the time that the Swiftsure sailed faster at night.
Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819, and was eventually sold out of the service in 1845.
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