British Third Rate ship of the line 'Implacable' (1805)

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Implacable -> 1943 Foudroyant
Nominal Guns	74	B028
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Duguay Trouin' (1800) (74)
Captured	3.11.1805	B028
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	W006
Ship Class	Duquesne Group variant of Téméraire Class	W006
Designed by	Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831)	W006
Category	Third Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Scuttled	2.12.1949	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck181' 6"Imperial Inch4.5974 (15′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel148' 11 ⅝"Imperial Inch3.7592 (12′ 3″ Imperial)
Breadth48' 11"Imperial Inch1.2192 (3′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold20' 7"Imperial Inch0.508 (1′ 7″ Imperial)
Burthen1,895 ²²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1806Broadside Weight = 998 Imperial Pound ( 452.593 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck30 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 12-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 12-Pounder

9 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1806 - 1807Captain Henry William Bayntun (1766-1840)BWAS-17931807Commander George Charles MackenzieBWAS-17931.1808 - 1.1809Captain Thomas Byam Martin (1773-1854)BWAS-17931.1809 - 1810Captain George Charles MackenzieBWAS-17931810 - 10.1811Captain George Cockburn (1772-1853)BWAS-179310.1811 - 10.1812Captain Joshua Rowley Watson (1772-1810)BWAS-17931.2.1839 - 28.1.1842Captain Edward Harvey (1783-1865)W0259.6.1855 - 1860Captain Arthur Lowe (1814-1882)W0257.4.1860 - 30.1.1861Commander John William Dorville (d.1894)W025

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1810 - 10.1811Rear-Admiral of the Red Richard Goodwin Keats (1757-1834)BWAS-1793

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1.1808 - 19.9.1808First Lieutenant Augustus BaldwinNBD184923.4.1811 - 2.4.1814Lieutenant John Donaldson Boswall (1790-?)NBD1849

2 Crewmen

DatesRatingNameSource
1.7.1806 - 31.8.1807Landman William RawlinsADM 29/814.4.1809 - 18101st Class Volunteer Herbert Ashton (d.1876)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
10.11.1805Arrived at Plymouth and laid upBWAS-1793
9.1807Started a small repair and refit at PlymouthBWAS-1793
1.1808Recommissioned for the BalticBWAS-1793
3.1808Completed small repair and refit at a cost of £34,585BWAS-1793
25.8.1808Capture of the Vsevolod
1.1809At CorunnaBWAS-1793
7.7.1809Took 6 Russian gunboats in Baro SoundBWAS-1793
17.7.1810Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
10.1812Started a very large repair at PlymouthBWAS-1793
11.1812Paid offBWAS-1793
1.1815Completed the very large repair at a cost of £66,857, then placed in ordinaryBWAS-1793
7.1826Started a small repair at PlymouthBWAS-1793
12.1826Completed a small repair at a cost of £20,510BWAS-1793
2.1836Fitted as a demonstration shipBWAS-1793
2.1839Started fitting for seaBWAS-1793
2.1839RecommissionedBWAS-1793
2.1839Recommissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
4.1839Completed fitting at a cost of £12,552BWAS-1793
1840Took part in the operations against Syria and then went into ordinary at DevonportBWAS-1793
6.1855Started fitting as a training ship, completed in JulyBWAS-1793
21.3.1912Lent to Wheatley Cobb at FalmouthBWAS-1793
12.9.1912Sailed for FalmouthBWAS-1793
1943Renamed FoudroyantBWAS-1793
1.1947Paid offBWAS-1793
2.12.1949Scuttled in the Channel after a preservation plan had failed. She was to have preserved in the dock now occupied by the Cutty SarkBWAS-1793

Notes on Ship

The bitter end
A video of her last voyage can be viewed here

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

W006Teemu, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

W025P. Davis, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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