HMS St Albans (1764)
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| Commissioned: | 1761 |
| Launch: | September 12, 1764 |
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| Fate: | Wrecked in 1814 |
| General data | |
| Displacement: | 1402 t |
| Length: | 48 m gun deck |
| Width: | 13.5 m |
| Mast height (main mast): | |
| Draft: | |
| Drive: | sail |
| Speed: | |
| Crew: | |
| Armament: | 26 × 24 pounder cannons 26 × 18 pounder cannons 10 × 4 pounder cannons 2 × 9 pounder guns (bow) |
The HMS St Albans was a third rank ship of the line of the Royal Navy armed with 64 guns and a lead ship of the St Albans class . It was launched at Perry in Blackwall on September 12, 1764.
She served in the American Revolutionary War in 1777 and was part of the fleet that conquered St. Lucia and won victories in the Battle of St. Kitts and the Battle of Les Saintes .
From 1803 it served as a floating gun battery and was finally scrapped in 1814.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet, 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .