HMS Triumph (1764)

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

HMS Triumph was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1764 at Woolwich.^[1]

A sketch of HMS Triumph
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Triumph
Ordered	21 May 1757
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	3 March 1764
Honours & awards	Participated in: Battle of Camperdown Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805)
Fate	Broken up, 1850
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Valiant-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1825 (bm)
Length	172 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft 8 in (15.14 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns QD: 10 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

A proposal for a 74-gun two-decker third rate, based on Triumph

In 1797, she took part in the Battle of Camperdown, and in 1805 Triumph was part of Admiral Calder's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre.

21 July 1802 she was at Gibraltar to prevent Algerian corsairs from passing through the Straits.^[2]

In 1810 Triumph and Phipps, salvaged a large load of elemental mercury from a wrecked Spanish vessel near Cadiz, Spain. The bladders containing the mercury soon ruptured, poisoning the crew with mercury vapour.

Triumph was on harbour service from 1813 but was not broken up until 1850.^[1]