HMS Minotaur (1793)

	The shipwreck of the Minotaur, oil on canvas, by J. M. W. Turner
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Minotaur
Ordered	3 December 1782
Builder	William Rule, Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	January 1788
Launched	6 November 1793
Honours and; awards	Participated in:; Battle of the Nile; Battle of Trafalgar; Battle of Copenhagen (1807); Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt";
Fate	Wrecked, 22 December 1810
General characteristics
Class and type	Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,723 (bm)
Length	172 ft 3 in (52.50 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 9 in (14.55 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 9+1⁄2 in (6.3 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 Minotaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on 6 November 1793 at Woolwich. She was named after the mythological bull-headed monster of Crete. She fought in three major battles – Nile, Trafalgar, and Copenhagen (1807) – before she was wrecked, with heavy loss of life, in December 1810.

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