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HMS Alcide (1779)

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Name
  
HMS Alcide

Builder
  
Deptford Dockyard

Fate
  
Broken up, 1817

Launched
  
30 July 1779

Ordered
  
31 August 1774

Laid down
  
4 June 1776

Construction started
  
4 June 1776

Notes
  
Participated in Battle of Cape St Vincent Battle of Martinique Battle of St. Kitts Battle of the Saintes

HMS Alcide, the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 July 1779 at Deptford Dockyard.

She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782.

Alcide was broken up in 1817.

References

HMS Alcide (1779) Wikipedia