HMS Sans Pareil (1794)

History
France
Name	Sans Pareil
Builder	Brest
Laid down	August 1790
Launched	8 June 1793
Captured	1 June 1794, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Sans Pareil
Acquired	1 June 1794
Reclassified	Prison hulk, 1807; Sheer hulk, 1810;
Fate	Broken up, October 1842
General characteristics
Class and type	Tonnant-class 80-gun ship of the line
Displacement	1800 tonnes
Tons burthen	2190 (bm)
Length	59.3 m (194 ft 7 in) (gun deck length)
Beam	15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Depth of hold	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	738
Armament	As built; 30 × 36-pounder long guns; 32 × 24-pounder long guns; 18 × 12-pounder long guns; 4 × obusiers de vaisseau; From 1806; Lower deck: 30 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck:30 × 24-pounder guns; QD:2 × 24-pounder guns + 12 × 24-pounder carronades; Fc:2 × 24-pounder gunss + 4 × 24-pounder carronades;

HMS Sans Pareil ("Without Equal") was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was formerly the French ship Sans Pareil, but was captured in 1794 and spent the rest of her career in service with the British.

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