HMS Excellent (1787)

Excellent
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Excellent
Ordered9 August 1781
BuilderGraham, Harwich
Laid downMarch 1782
Launched27 November 1787
Honours and
awards
Battle of Cape St Vincent
FateBroken up, 1835
NotesReduced to 58-guns in 1820; training ship from 1830
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeArrogant-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1645 bm
Length168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
A design for a new truck carriage for a 68-pounder or ten-inch gun sent to HMS Excellent, a 74-gun third rate, two-decker, possible after she was cut down to a 56-gun frigate.

HMS Excellent was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Harwich on 27 November 1787.[1] She was the captaincy of John Gell before he was appointed an Admiral.[2]

  1. ^ a b Lavery (1983), p. 180.
  2. ^ Taylor, C., ed. (1807). "John Gell, Esq. Vice Admiral of the White". The Literary Panorama: 1385. Retrieved 1 November 2008 – via Google Books.

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