HMS ''Hannibal'' 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 r ...
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
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 F ...
, built by Adams of
Bucklers Hard
Buckler's Hard is a hamlet on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Buckler's Hard is part of the Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is some south of the village of ...
and launched in May 1810.
Between 1810 and 1811 ''Hannibal'' served as flagship to Rear-Admiral
Sir Thomas Williams and then Rear-Admiral
Philip Durham. On 26 March 1814 ''Hannibal'', , and encountered the French frigates ''Sultane'' and
''Etoile'', which were returning from the
Cape Verde Islands and a cruise of
commerce raiding. ''Hannibal'' set off after ''Sultane'' and sent ''Hebrus'' and ''Sparrow'' after ''Etoile''. Both French vessels were captured the next day. ''Hannibal'' captured ''Sultane'' without a fight. captured ''Étoile'', but only after severe fighting at the ensuing
Battle of Jobourg
The Battle of Jobourg was a minor naval engagement between British and French frigate squadrons during the last weeks of the War of the Sixth Coalition in the 22nd and penultimate year of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In October ...
.
She was used for harbour service from August 1825. ''Hannibal'' was broken up in December 1833 at Pembroke Dock.
Citations
References
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* Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Fame-class ships of the line
Ships built on the Beaulieu River
1810 ships