Dutch ship Tromp (1777)

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Tromp, or Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, or Admiraal Tromp
Namesake	Admiral Maarten Tromp
Builder	P. v. Zwinjndregt, Admiralty of the Maze, Rotterdam
Launched	1777, or 1779
Captured	17 August 1796
Great Britain
Name	Tromp, or Van Tromp
Acquired	17 August 1796 by capture
Fate	Sold 9 August 1815
General characteristics ,
Type	Fourth-rate
Tonnage	"1004e"
Tons burthen	103965⁄94 (bm)
Length	Dutch: 154' (Overdeck; Amsterdam foot); HMS:143 ft 10+1⁄2 in (43.9 m)) (overall); 117 ft 10 in (35.9 m) (keel);
Beam	Dutch: 43' 9⁄11; HMS:40 ft 8+3⁄4 in (12.4 m);
Depth of hold	Dutch: 19'; HMS:15 ft 3 in (4.6 m);
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	Dutch: 200; HMS: na;
Armament	Dutch: 50-60 guns, or 54 guns; HMS (prison ship): 10 × 6-pounder guns; HMS (guardship): 12 × 12-pounder guns;

Tromp was a Dutch fourth-rate ship of the line launched at Rotterdam in 1777. The Royal Navy captured her at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay on 17 August 1796. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Tromp, sometimes referred to as HMS Van Tromp. In British service she served as a prison, troop, store, guard, hospital, or receiving ship until the Navy sold her in 1815.

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