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 | |
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
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