HMS Alcide (1779)
HMS Alcide, the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 July 1779 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]
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| Name: | HMS Alcide |
| Ordered: | 31 August 1774 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 4 June 1776 |
| Launched: | 30 July 1779 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1817 |
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| Class and type: | Albion-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1625 |
| Length: | 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782.
On 12 September 1780 Alcide captured the letter of marque Pocahontas. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Pocahontas.
On 12 April 1782 she was third in line of attack against the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes, under the command of Captain Charles Thomson.[2]
She took part in operations against Corsica in September 1793, where she served as flagship to Commodore Robert Linzee.
Alcide was broken up in 1817.[1]
Citations and notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p180.
- Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106
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.
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