HMS Queen (1769)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Queen was a three-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 September 1769 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was designed by William Bateley, and was the only ship built to her draught.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p175" /> Her armament was increased to 98 guns in the 1780s.<ref name="naval-art, Queen">Naval-Art.com, HMS Queen.</ref>
ServiceEdit
Queen fought at the First Battle of Ushant under Keppel in 1778, and the Second Battle of Ushant under Kempenfelt in 1781. In 1794 she fought in the Glorious First of June under Howe, where she served as Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner's flagship. During the battle Queen sustained significant damage, and her commanding officer, Captain John Hutt, was amongst those killed.<ref name="naval-art, Queen" />
On 16 November 1798, the squadron she was in captured three US merchantmen, Norfolk, Eliza, and Friendship, under convoy of Template:USS; the squadron impressed five of Baltimore{'}s crew. At the time she was under command of Capt. Dobson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was still Captained by Dobson when she contacted USS Ganges while on a cruise on 3 April 1800.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
For some of the period between 1798 and 1802, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones.<ref name="united-service-mag-1836">Template:Cite book</ref>
On 10 March 1800, Template:USS made contact with her, Template:HMS and Template:HMS at approximately (Template:Coord).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Queen continued in the blockade of Cadiz. On 25 November, Template:HMS detained the Ragusan ship Nemesis, which was sailing from Isle de France to Leghorn, Italy, with a cargo of spice, indigo dye, and other goods.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Queen shared the prize money with ten other British warships.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 25 October 1806, the Spanish privateer Generalísimo captured HM gunboat Hannah, which was serving as a tender to Queen.
After Trafalgar, the demand for the large three-decker first and second rates diminished. Consequently, in 1811 the Admiralty had Queen razeed to become a two-decker third rate of 74 guns.
FateEdit
Queen was eventually broken up in 1821, at the age of 52.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p175" /><ref name="naval-art, Queen" />
CitationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. Template:ISBN.
- Naval-Art.com HMS Queen. Cranston Fine Arts. Retrieved 30 August 2008.