HMS ''Conqueror'' was a 74-gun

third rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third ...

ship of the line of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 10 October 1773 at Plymouth. May, 1778 under command of Capt. Thomas Graves. She was commanded by Captain George Balfour in the

Battle of the Saintes The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The Brit ...

, 1782. Here she was fifth in line in the attack on the French fleet.Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.106 She was broken up in 1794.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . *Winfield, Rif (2007) ''British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Royal Oak-class ships of the line 1773 ships {{UK-line-ship-stub