Name HMS Nassau Laid down March 1783 Tons burthen 1384 (bm) Launched 28 September 1785 | Ordered 14 November 1782 Fate Wrecked, 1799 Construction started March 1783 | |
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HMS Nassau was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 September 1785 by Hilhouse in Bristol.
One of her first ship's surgeons is thought to be John Sylvester Hay. He died young but he was the father of the actress Harriett Litchfield.
During the Nore Mutiny she was commanded by Captain Edward O'Bryen. She was converted for use as a troopship in 1797. Nassau was wrecked in 1799.
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