Name HMS Swiftsure Laid down February 1802 Launched 23 July 1804 | Ordered 1800 Construction started February 1802 | |
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Honours and
awards Participated in
Battle of Trafalgar Fate Sold out of the service, 1845 Notes Receiving ship from 1819 Builders Henry Adams, Buckler's Hard | ||
HMS Swiftsure was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Bucklers Hard on 23 July 1804. She fought at Trafalgar.
The French 74-gun ship Swiftsure also took part in the battle. She had originally been a British ship that the French had captured in 1801.
It was a myth at the time that the Swiftsure sailed faster at night.
Swiftsure became a receiving ship in 1819, and was eventually sold out of the service in 1845.
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