HMS Duncan (1811)

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

A painting of HMS Duncan, possibly by William Anderson, date unknown, from the Royal Museums Greenwich
History
United Kingdom
Name	Duncan
Ordered	13 July 1807
Builder	John Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid down	August 1808
Launched	2 December 1811
Commissioned	February 1812
Fate	Broken up, 5 October 1863
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,761 (bm)
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 9 in (14.6 m)
Draught	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Duncan was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1812, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

She was placed on harbour service in 1834, and was broken up in 1863.^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, p. 188

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.