Name HMS Irresistible Builder Barnard, Harwich Fate Broken up, 1806 Launched 6 December 1782 | Ordered 8 July 1778 Laid down October 1778 Construction started October 1778 | |
Notes Participated in
Battle of Groix
Battle of Cape St Vincent | ||
HMS Irresistible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 December 1782 at Harwich.
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Career
Irresistible captured the French privateer Quatre frères in April 1797 in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Transfer.
Irresistible fought at the Battle of Groix in 1795, and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and captured two Spanish frigates at the Action of 26 April 1797.
Fate
Irresistible was broken up in 1806.
References
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