HMS London (1766)

History
HMS London depicted during the action of 18 October 1782
Great Britain
Name	HMS London
Ordered	28 September 1759
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	24 May 1766
Fate	Broken up, 1811
Notes	Participated in: Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Groix Battle of Copenhagen
General characteristics ^[1]^[2]
Class and type	London-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1894 (bm)
Length	177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft (15 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	90 guns Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns 98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns FC: 2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS London was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 May 1766 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

London was originally launched as a 90-gun ship, as was standard for second rates at the time, but was later increased to 98 guns when she had eight 12-pounders installed on her quarterdeck.

She was Sir Thomas Graves' flagship at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781. In the action of 18 October 1782, she was raked by Scipion and had to let her escape.

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French Revolutionary Wars

She participated in the Battle of Groix in 1795.

Next, London participated in an abortive invasion of Ferrol. On 29 August 1800, in Vigo Bay, Admiral Sir Samuel Hood assembled a cutting-out party from the vessels under his command consisting of two boats each from Amethyst, Stag, Amelia, Brilliant and Cynthia, four boats from Courageaux, as well as the boats from Renown, London and Impetueux. The party went in and after a 15-minute fight captured the French privateer Guêpe, of Bordeaux and towed her out. She was of 300 tons burthen and had a flush deck. Pierced for 20 guns, she carried eighteen 9-pounders, and she and her crew of 161 men were under the command of Citizen Dupan. In the attack she lost 25 men killed, including Dupan, and 40 wounded. British casualties amounted to four killed, 23 wounded and one missing.^[3]^[Note 1] In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "29 Aug. Boat Service 1800" to all surviving claimants from the action.^[5]

She was present at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, as part of Sir Hyde Parker's reserve fleet.

Napoleonic Wars

At the action of 13 March 1806, London captured the French ship of the line Marengo. In 1807, she helped escort the Portuguese royal family in its flight from Portugal to Brazil.

Fate

London was broken up in 1811.^[1]

Notes

^ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £42 19s 6½d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 1s 9½d.^[4]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p175.
^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p179.
^ "No. 15292". The London Gazette. 9 September 1800. p. 1029.
^ "No. 15434". The London Gazette. 8 December 1801. p. 1466.
^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

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