HMS Cressy (1810)
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Name | HMS Cressy |
Ordered | 1 October 1806 |
Builder | Brindley, Frindsbury |
Launched | 7 March 1810 |
Fate | Broken up 1832 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1763 bm |
Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Cressy was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1810 at Frindsbury.[1]
Service[]
On 24 December 1811 Cressy was off the west coast of Jutland, Denmark, under command by commander and in the company of St George, under Rear-admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, and Defence, when an extratropical cyclone and heavy seas came up. St George was jury-rigged and so Captain Atkins of Defence refused to leave her without the Admiral's permission. As a result, both were wrecked near Ringkøbing. Cressy did not ask for permission and so avoided wrecking.[2]
Both St George and Defence lost almost all their crews, including the Admiral. Most of the bodies that came ashore were buried in the sand dunes of , which have been known ever since as "Dead Mens Dunes".[2]
Shortly after the outbreak of the War of 1812, on 12 August, Cressy shared in the seizure of several American vessels: Cuba, Caliban, Edward, Galen, Halcyon, and Cygnet.[a]
Fate[]
She was broken up in 1832.[1]
Notes, citations, and references[]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 188.
- ^ a b Gosset (1986), p. 81.
- ^ "No. 17076". The London Gazette. 4 November 1815. p. 2209.
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.
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- Vengeur-class ships of the line
- Ships built on the River Medway
- 1810 ships
- United Kingdom ship of the line stubs