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HMS Ramillies (1763)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Ramillies was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1763 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
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Ramillies fought in the Battle of Ushant on Monday 27 July 1778. Ramillies took part in the action of 9 August 1780, when a convoy she was escorting fell prey to a Spanish squadron. 55 merchantmen were captured, but she managed to escape.[2]
In 1782 she was the flagship of a fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves off Newfoundland. Ramillies was badly damaged in a violent storm of 1782, and was finally abandoned and burned on 21 September 1782.[3]
Between 16 and 19 September 1782, while escorting a convoy from Jamaica, Ramillies was struck by a storm. Despite frantic efforts to save the ship, including jettisoning anchors, cannon, and masts, and using ropes to bind the hull, the water continued to rise. After three days of pumping by the crew, they were rescued by nearby merchantmen. Captain Silvester Moriarty[4] set the ship on fire as he left.
Robert Dodd painted a series of four documenting the tragedy. "The demise of the Ramillies" comprises: "A Storm coming on", "The Storm increas'd", "The Ramillies Water Logg'd with her Admiral & Crew quitting the Wreck", and "The Ramillies Destroyed". In 1795 a set of four coloured mezzotints were engraved and published by Jukes from his shop at No.10 Howland Street.[5][6]
"A Storm Coming On"
"The Storm increas'd. Distressed situation of the Ramillies when Day broke with the Dutton Store Ship foundering"
"The Ramillies Water Logg'd with her Admiral & Crew quitting the Wreck",
"Ship abandoned in abating storm"
"Blowing up of the wreck"
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