HMS Sceptre (1781)

	Sceptre
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Sceptre
Ordered	16 January 1779
Builder	Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1780
Launched	8 June 1781
Fate	Wrecked in Table Bay, 5 November 1799
Notes	Participated in:; Battle of Trincomalee; Battle of Cuddalore (1783); Battle of Muizenberg;
General characteristics
Class and type	Inflexible-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1398 (bm)
Length	159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Draught	5.7m
Depth of hold	18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	481 men in 1799
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.

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