HMS Terrible (1785)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Terrible
Ordered	13 December 1781
Builder	Wells, Rotherhithe
Laid down	7 January 1783
Launched	28 March 1785
Fate	Broken up, 1836
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Culloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	167917⁄94 (bm) )
Length	170 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 11 in (6.07 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1785 at Rotherhithe.[1]

In December 1813 she was paid off and placed in ordinary at Sheerness Dockyard. She remained out of service until 1829, other than a nine-month period between August 1822 and May 1823 when she acted as a receiving ship for volunteers and pressed men. From 1829 to 1836 she served as a coal depot for Navy steamships. Declared surplus even to this limited requirement, she was brought to Deptford Dockyard and broken up in March 1836.[2]

Citations and notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.
2. Winfield 2007, p.83

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157006.