HMS Caesar (1793)
![]() HMS Caesar engaging Mont Blanc at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, 4 November 1805
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Name | HMS Caesar |
Ordered | November 1783 |
Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
Laid down | 24 January 1786 |
Launched | 16 November 1793 |
Fate | Broken up, 1821 |
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Class and type | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2002 74⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 181 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 51 ft 3 in (15.62 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Caesar, also Cæsar, was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1793 at Plymouth. She was designed by Sir , and was the only ship built to her draught.[1] She was also one of only two British-built 80-gun ships of the period, the other being HMS Foudroyant.
Service[]
Battle of Algeciras Bay[]
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She was involved in the Battle of Algeciras Bay in 1801, during which her Master, William Grave, was killed[2]
![Gravestone in Trafalgar Cemetery Gibraltar.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gravestone_in_Trafalgar_Cemetery_Gibraltar.jpg/220px-Gravestone_in_Trafalgar_Cemetery_Gibraltar.jpg)
Battle of Cape Ortegal[]
The Battle of Cape Ortegal was the final action of the Trafalgar Campaign, and was fought between a squadron of the Royal Navy and a remnant of the fleet that had been destroyed several weeks earlier at the Battle of Trafalgar. It took place on 4 November 1805 off Cape Ortegal, in north-west Spain and saw a squadron under Captain Sir Richard Strachan in Caesar defeat and capture a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley.
Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne[]
In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Fate[]
She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1814, and was broken up in 1821.[1]
Notes[]
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.
- McCarthy, Pete (2003) The Road to McCarthy Sceptre. ISBN 0-340-76607-7.
External links[]
Media related to HMS Caesar (ship, 1793) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- 1793 ships
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