HMS Sultan (1807)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Sultan.

HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 September 1807 at Deptford Wharf.^[1]

Sultan
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sultan
Ordered	31 January 1805
Builder	Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid down	December 1805
Launched	19 September 1807
Fate	Broken up, 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1751 (bm)
Length	175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone while captained by Edward Griffith.^[2]

On 10 October 1814 Sultan was escorting some transports when Baring wrecked at Beerhaven. Sultan's boats, and those of Shamrock, were able to rescue the crew and all the troops, save five men.^[3] The troops consisted of 200 men from the 40th Regiment of Foot.^[4]

Fate

Sultan became a receiving ship in 1860, and was broken up in 1864.^[1]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
2. Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 4. Challamel ainé. pp. 56–58.
3. Lloyd's List.
4. Grocott (1997), pp.370-1.

References

• Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). ISBN 1-86176-030-2
• 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.