HMS Trident (1768)

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

HMS Trident was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 20 April 1768 at Portsmouth.^[1] On 30 January 1772 in Gibraltar harbour during a severe winter storm the Danish ship-of-the-line Prinsesse Wilhelmine Caroline dragged its anchor, colliding with the bow of HMS Trident before running aground.^[2]

Drawing of the Trident.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Trident
Ordered	4 December 1762
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	20 April 1768
Fate	Sold out of the service, 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Exeter-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	136686⁄94 (bm)
Length	158 ft 9 in (48.39 m) (gundeck)
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

From April until June 1778 she was under the command of John Inglis.

For some of the period between 1793 and 1796, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones.^[3]

Trident was sold out of the navy in 1816.^[1]