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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class=74-gun third rate ship of the line | Ship tons burthen=1777 (bm) | 181|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) | 47|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | 19|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=*Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns- Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
- QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
- Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
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}} | HMS Plantagenet was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 October 1801 at Woolwich. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the 'large class' 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught. As a large 74, she carried 24-pounder guns on her upper gun deck instead of the 18-pounder guns found on the middling and common class 74s.[1]CareerIn 1803 she and {{HMS|Rosario|1800|2}} captured the French privateer sloop Atalante, of 22 guns, after a chase of nine hours. The Royal Navy took Atalante into service as {{HMS|Hawk|1803|2}}.[2] In June 1804 Plantagenet, Captain De Courcy, escorted the China Fleet of the British East India Company from Saint Helena back to England. This was the fleet that had scared off a French squadron of warships in the Battle of Pulo Aura.[3] On 27 September 1810 Plantagenet and {{HMS|Daphne|1806|2}} shared in the capture of the Danish schooner Toujours Fidele.[4] During the War of 1812, as the ship was moored near Norfolk, Virginia, attempts were made to destroy her with torpedoes built to Robert Fulton's specifications, but this came to nothing.[5] FatePlantagenet was broken up in 1817.[1]Citations1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p184.
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=15607|page=963|date=2 August 1803}}
3. ^Hardy and Hardy (1811), pp. 119-125.
4. ^{{London Gazette|date=14 September 1811|issue=16522|page=1817}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://warof1812ct.org/?p=1118 |title="Yankey Torpedo" Adventures |accessdate=8 July 2014}}
References{{refbegin}}- 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}}.
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