HMS Powerful (1783)

HMS Powerful was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She took part in the defeat of a Dutch fleet in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, the capture of a French privateer in the action of 9 July 1806, in operations against the Dutch in the East Indies during the raids on Batavia and Griessie in 1806 and 1807, and finally in the Walcheren Campaign during 1809.

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

Plan of Powerful
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Powerful
Ordered8 July 1780
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid downApril 1781
Launched3 April 1783
Commissioned22 April 1783
DecommissionedOctober 1809
FateBroken up, 1812
General characteristics
Class and typeElizabeth-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1627 (bm)
Length168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
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