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HMS Dreadnought (1801)
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:HMSDreadnought1801.jpg) Dreadnought as a quarantine ship, mid-1800s
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| History | |
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| Name | Dreadnought |
| Ordered | 17 January 1788 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1788 |
| Launched | 13 June 1801 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1857 |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Neptune-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2,110 (bm) |
| Length | 185 ft (56 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched at Portsmouth at midday on Saturday, 13 June 1801, after she had spent 13 years on the stocks.[1] She was the first man-of-war launched since the Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displayed a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Royal arms as emblazoned on the Standard.
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