HMS Culloden (1783)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Culloden
Ordered	12 July 1779
Builder	Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid down	January 1782
Launched	16 June 1783
Honours and; awards	Participated in: Glorious First of June; Battle of Cape St Vincent; Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Battle of the Nile;
Fate	Broken up, February 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	Ganges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1683 (bm)
Length	169 ft 6 in (51.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 8+1⁄2 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns; Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 June 1783 at Rotherhithe. She took part in some of the most famous battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars before she was broken up in 1813.

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