HMS Lancaster (1797)
HMS Lancaster was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 January 1797 at Rotherhithe. She was designed and built as the East Indiaman Pigot for the British East India Company, but the Navy purchased her on the stocks because of a shortage of naval vessels to prosecute the French Revolutionary Wars.
Royal Naval plan of Lancaster | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Pigot |
| Builder | Randall and Brent, Rotherhithe |
| Launched | 29 January 1797 |
| Renamed | HMS Lancaster |
| Fate | Sold, 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 64-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1430, or 1416 (bm) |
| Length | 173 ft 6 in (52.88 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 43 ft 3 in (13.18 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
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