HMS Hero (1803)

HMS Hero was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 August 1803 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hero.

The wreck of HMS Hero in the Texel, 25 December 1811
History
Great Britain
Name: HMS Hero
Ordered: 24 June 1800
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down: August 1800
Launched: 18 August 1803
Honours and
awards:
Fate: Wrecked, 1811
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1743 (bm)
Length: 175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 530
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

She took part in Admiral Robert Calder's action at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805.[2]

On 25 December 1811 Hero, under captain James Newman-Newman, was wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the Texel during a gale, with the loss of all but 12 of her crew.[2][3]

Citations
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
  2. Michael Phillips. Hero (74) (1803). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  3. Gosset (1986), p. 92.

References
  • Gosset, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
  • 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.
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