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HMS Hero (1803)

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Name
  
HMS Hero

Laid down
  
August 1800

Construction started
  
August 1800

Builder
  
Blackwall Yard

Ordered
  
24 June 1800

Fate
  
Wrecked, 1811

Launched
  
18 August 1803

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Honours and awards
  
Participated in Battle of Cape Finisterre

Class and type
  
Fame-class ship of the line

HMS Hero was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 August 1803 at Blackwall Yard.

She took part in Admiral Robert Calder's action at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805.

On 25 December 1811 Hero, under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel during a gale, with the loss of all but 12 of her crew.

References

HMS Hero (1803) Wikipedia