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| History | |
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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 |
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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]
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Service
On 24 December 1811 Cressy was off the west coast of Jutland, Denmark, under command by commander Charles Dudley Pater and in the company of St George, under Rear-admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, and Defence, when a hurricane 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 Thorsminde, 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.[Note 1]
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 Gossett (1986), p. 81.
- ^ "No. 17076". The London Gazette. 4 November 1815. p. 2209.
References
- Gossett, 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.