HMS Boyne (1790)

The Boyne on fire, painted by Thomas Elliott
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Boyne
Ordered	21 January 1783
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	4 November 1783
Launched	27 July 1790[1]
Commissioned	August 1790
Fate	Accidentally burnt, 1 May 1795
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Boyne-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,021 (bm)
Length	182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) 149 ft 8 in (45.62 m) (keel)
Beam	50 ft 4+5⁄8 in (15.357 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-pounder guns QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns

HMS Boyne was a 98-gun Royal Navy second-rate ship of the line launched on 27 July 1790 at Woolwich. She was the flagship of Vice Admiral John Jervis in 1794. She caught fire and blew up in 1795.