HMS Elizabeth (1807)

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

HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 May 1807 at Blackwall.^[1]

Elizabeth
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Elizabeth
Builder	Wells, Blackwall
Laid down	August 1805
Launched	23 May 1807
Fate	Broken up, 1820
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1724 (bm)
Length	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

Career

On 12 March 1812, as the merchant ship Ramoncita was returning from Lima and Cadiz, the French privateer Amelia captured her. However, HMS Virago recaptured Ramoncita. The salvage money notice stated that Virago had been in company with HMS Venerable, Cumberland, Elizabeth, and Plantagenet.^[2]

On 25 May 1814, Elizabeth captured the French naval xebec Aigle and her prize, the Glorioso off Corfu. Weazel shared in the prize money though it was the boats of Elizabeth that performed the actual capture in an action that in 1847 earned for their crews the Naval General Service Medal with clasp, "24 May Boat Service 1814".^[3][a] Aigle was armed with 6 guns, a howitzer, and 3 swivel guns, and had a crew of 40 men. The capture of the Aigle represented the last naval surrender of the French Tricolour in the Napoleonic Wars.^[5]

Fate

Elizabeth was broken up in 1820.^[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £61 7¼d; a sixth-class share was worth 9s 2¼d.^[4]