HMS Egmont (1810)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Egmont.

Egmont
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Egmont
Ordered	13 July 1807
Builder	Pitcher, Northfleet
Laid down	October 1807
Launched	7 March 1810
Fate	Sold, 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1760 bm
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

Egmont and HMS Narcissus at the Fort on Villegagnon Island, Rio de Janeiro

HMS Egmont was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1810 at Northfleet.[1]

[Note 1]

In January 1819, the London Gazette reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of Lord Viscount Keith in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the Gironde. Egmont was listed among the vessels that had served under Keith in the Gironde.[Note 2]

She was converted to serve as a storeship in 1862, and was sold out of the Navy in 1875.[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share was worth £167 11s 3¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £1 12s 5¼d.[2]
2. The sum of the two tranches of payment for that service was £272 8s 5d for a first-class share; the amount for a sixth-class share was £3 3s 5d.[3]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
2. "No. 17011". The London Gazette. 13 May 1815. p. 903.
3. "No. 17864". The London Gazette. 26 October 1822. p. 1752.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.