Name HMS Venerable Laid down April 1782 Construction started April 1782 Builder Blackwall Yard | Ordered 9 August 1781 Fate Wrecked, 1804 Launched 19 April 1784 | |
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Notes Participated in
Battle of Camperdown Class and type Culloden-class ship of the line | ||
HMS Venerable was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 April 1784 at Blackwall Yard.
In 1795 the ship is known to have been under the command of Cpt. James Bissett.
In 1797, Venerable served as Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown.
Fate
She was wrecked on 24 November 1804, off Roundham Head near Torbay. Three of her crew were lost. Two days later, on 26 November, the hired armed ship Lady Warren sailed from Plymouth to Torbay with Growler, six gun-vessels and yard-lighters, and other craft, to save the stores, guns, etc. from the wreck of Venerable.
References
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