Name HMS Plantagenet Laid down November 1798 Tons burthen 1777 (bm) Launched 22 October 1801 | Ordered 6 November 1794 Fate Broken up, 1817 Construction started November 1798 | |
Place built Woolwich, London, United Kingdom | ||
HMS Plantagenet was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1801 at Woolwich. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the 'large class' 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught. As a large 74, she carried 24-pounder guns on her upper gun deck instead of the 18-pounder guns found on the middling and common class 74s.
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Career
In 1803 she and Rosario captured the French privateer sloop Atalante, of 22 guns, after a chase of nine hours. The Royal Navy took Atalante into service as Hawk.
During the War of 1812, as the ship was moored near Norfolk, Virginia, attempts were made to destroy her with torpedoes built to Robert Fulton's specifications, but this came to nothing.
Fate
Plantagenet was broken up in 1817.