| Ville de Paris | 21 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 110 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | BWAS-1793 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ordered | 1788/01/17 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Keel Laid Down | 1789/07/01 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Named | 1788/09/26 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Launched | 1795/07/07 | BWAS-1793 | |
| First Commissioned | 1796/09/17 | ||
| How acquired | Purpose built | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Chatham Dockyard | BWAS-1793 | |
| Designed by | John Henslow | BWAS-1793 | |
| Constructor | Edward Sison | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | First Rate | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Ship of the Line | BWAS-1793 | |
| Broken Up | 1845/06/05 | BWAS-1793 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1714 |
| Length of Gundeck | 190' 2 ½" | Imperial Feet | 57.9755 | Length of Keel | 156' 1 ½" | Imperial Feet | 47.5869 | Breadth | 53' 2 ½" | Imperial Feet | 16.2179 | Depth in Hold | 22' 2 ½" | Imperial Feet | 6.7691 | Draught Forward | 14' 8" | Imperial Feet | 4.4704 | Draught Aft | 18' 4" | Imperial Feet | 5.588 | Burthen | 2,351 22⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796/10 | Broadside Weight = 1340 Imperial Pound ( 607.69 kg) | BWAS-1793 | ||
| Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 32-Pounder | ||
| Middle Gun Deck | 30 | British 24-Pounder | ||
| Upper Gun Deck | 32 | British 18-Pounder | ||
| Quarterdeck | 14 | British 12-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 4 | British 12-Pounder | ||
| Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade | ||
| Roundhouse | 6 | British 24-Pound Carronade | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1796/10 | 837 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Flag Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1797/06 | 1799 | Admiral of the Blue | Lord John Jervis | BWAS-1793 |
| 1800/04 | 1801 | Admiral of the White | Lord John Jervis | BWAS-1793 |
| 1801 | 1801 | Admiral of the Blue | The Hon. William Cornwallis | BWAS-1793 |
| 1803/07/09 | 1804 | Admiral of the Blue | The Hon. William Cornwallis | TRN5 |
| 1804/03 | 1805 | Admiral of the Blue | The Hon. William Cornwallis | BWAS-1793 |
| 1804/10 | 1805 | Vice-Admiral of the White | Charles Edmund Nugent | BWAS-1793 |
| 1807/05 | 1808 | Admiral of the White | Lord Alan Gardner | BWAS-1793 |
| 1808 | 1809/01 | Admiral of the Blue | James Gambier | BWAS-1793 |
| 1809/04/15 | 1810/03/07 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | Cuthbert Collingwood† | BWAS-1793 |
| 1811 | 1812 | Rear-Admiral | Thomas Francis Fremantle | BWAS-1793 |
| 1813 | 1814 | Rear-Admiral of the Red | Harry Burrard Neale | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815 | 1815 | Admiral of the White | Sir George Keith Elphinstone | BWAS-1793 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1796/09/17 | 1796/12/15 | Acting Lieutenant | George Hoad | ADM/L |
| 1796/11 | 1797/03 | Lieutenant | Thomas Cowan | ADM/L |
| 1797/03 | 1801/05 | Flag Lieutenant | John Baker | NBD1849 |
| 1797/03/04 | 1797/03/30 | Lieutenant | Robert Bustard | ADM/L |
| 1798/10/23 | 1802/05/01 | First Lieutenant | John Joyce | ADM/L |
| 1802/04/16 | 1804/01/27 | Lieutenant | James Atwater | NBD1849 |
| 1803/05/10 | 1805/03/04 | First Lieutenant | Francis Beauman | NBD1849 |
| 1813/03 | 1813/11/03 | Lieutenant | Henry Boyes | NBD1849 |
| Petty Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1797/03/31 | 1797/04/11 | Midshipman | Charles Cobbe | |
| 1801/07 | 1802/04/16 | Midshipman | James Atwater | NBD1849 |
| 1804 | 1804 | Midshipman | William Baker Strugnell | NBD1849 |
| 1804 | 1805/03/11 | Midshipman | William Henry Boyce | NBD1849 |
| 1808 | 1809 | Midshipman | Edward Biddulph | NBD1849 |
| 1809/11 | 1811 | Midshipman | John Branford | NBD1849 |
| 1810/10/09 | 1811/03/20 | Midshipman | George Coulbert | PMD |
| 1813 | 1814/08 | Midshipman | Edward Joseph Bird | NBD1849 |
| Crewmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1806/05 | 1806/11 | 1st Class Volunteer | William Nettleton Boyce | NBD1849 |
| 1810/09/04 | 1810/10/08 | Able Seaman | George Coulbert | PMD |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1796/09/17 | Completed at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £78830.0.0d | BWAS-1793 |
| 1796/10 | Commissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1797/03/18 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1799/01 | Sailed home | BWAS-1793 |
| 1799/03 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1799/08 | Sailed home | BWAS-1793 |
| 1800/04 | In the Channel | BWAS-1793 |
| 1802/05 | Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1802/07 | Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £4031.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1803/04 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1803/08/16 | Took the Privateer Messagre | |
| 1804 | In the Channel | BWAS-1793 |
| 1806/08 | Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1807/05 | Recommissioned | BWAS-1793 |
| 1807/07 | Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard at a cost of £39289.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1809/01 | At Corunna | BWAS-1793 |
| 1809/02/22 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | BWAS-1793 |
| 1812/12 | Began repairs at Portsmouth Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1813/02 | Completed repairs at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £19718.0.0d | BWAS-1714 |
| 1814/07 | Laid up at Plymouth | BWAS-1793 |
| 1815/08 | Paid off | BWAS-1793 |
| 1817/02 | Re-classed as a 112 gun First Rate | |
| 1825/08 | fitting at Plymouth Dockyard | BWAS-1714 |
| 1845/06/05 | Broken up at Pembroke | BWAS-1793 |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| BWAS-1793 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| BWAS-1714 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| TRN5 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol V | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |
| ADM/L | ADM/L Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs | Authority | Web Site |
| NBD1849 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien | Digital Book |
| PMD | Private manuscript documents | Book | |