) Alcide | |
| History | |
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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 |
| Notes: | |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| 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 |
| Armament: |
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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]
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 Alcide was third in line of attack against the French fleet at the Battle of the Saintes, under the command of Captain Charles Thomson.[2]
Alcide took part in operations against Corsica in September 1793, where she served as flagship to Commodore Robert Linzee.
Fate
In January 1801 the Admiralty ordered Alcide to be cut down and fitted as a hulk. A survey had found her too bad to repair.[3]
Alcide was broken up in 1817.[1]
Citations and 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.