HMS Vigilant (1774)

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

HMS Vigilant was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 October 1774 at Bucklers Hard.^[1]

Vigilant
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Vigilant
Ordered	14 January 1771
Builder	Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	February 1771
Launched	6 October 1774
Fate	Broken up, 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Intrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1347 bm
Length	159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

By 1779 she had been deemed unseaworthy by the navy. She was stripped of her sails and used as a floating battery to support the amphibious landing of British Army troops on Port Royal Island, South Carolina prior to the Battle of Beaufort.^[2] From 1799 she served as a prison ship, and was broken up in 1816.^[1]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.
2. Rowland et al, p. 216

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.
• Rowland, Lawrence; Moore, Alexander; Rogers, George (1996). The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514–1861. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-090-1. OCLC 194626437.

External links

• Media related to HMS Vigilant (ship, 1774) at Wikimedia Commons