HMS ''Rippon'' was a 74-gun third rate

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, launched on 8 August 1812 at Bursledon. She was broken up in 1821.

Career

Capture of ''Weser:'' On 30 September 1813, the , under the command of ''

capitaine de vaisseau Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain. Equivalent ranks worldwide includ ...

'' Cantzlaat, ''Chevalier de l'Ordre Impérial de la Réunion'', sailed from the Texel for the North Sea. There she captured two Swedish ships before a gale on 16 October took away her main and mizzen

mast Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to: Engineering * Mast (sailing), a vertical spar on a sailing ship * Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag * Guyed mast, a structure supported by guy-wires * Mooring mast, a structure for docking an airship * Radio mast ...

. Two days later , Commander Colin Macdonald, captain, encountered her 60 leagues west of Ushant, making her way towards Brest under jury main and mizzen masts. Rather than engage her and risk being crippled and so unable to follow her given the weather, Macdonald decided to follow her. Fortuitously, on 20 October, , Commander J.J. Gordon Bremer, captain, arrived and Macdonald and Bremer decided to attack ''Weser''. They engaged her for about an hour and a half before they had to withdraw to repair their rigging. At about this time a third British vessel, ''Rippon'', Captain Christopher Cole, came up. Bremer joined Cole and informed him of the situation while ''Scylla'' remained with ''Weser''. The next morning, as ''Rippon'' and ''Royalist'' sailed towards ''Scylla'' to renew their attack, ''Weser'' sailed towards ''Rippon'' and

struck Struck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Struck (1877–1911), German author *Hermann Struck (1876–1944), German artist *Karin Struck (1947–2006), German author *Paul Struck (1776-1820), German composer *Peter Struc ...

, after first firing two broadsides towards ''Scylla''. ''Scylla'' suffered only two men wounded in the entire engagement. ''Royalist'' suffered more heavily, having two men killed and nine wounded. ''Weser'' lost four men killed and 15 wounded. ''Rippon'' took ''Weser''s crew on board as prisoners and towed her into port. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Weser''. In 1814 ''Rippon'' sailed with troops to North America.

Fate

''Rippon'' was paid off into

Ordinary Ordinary or The Ordinary often refer to: Music * ''Ordinary'' (EP) (2015), by South Korean group Beast * ''Ordinary'' (Every Little Thing album) (2011) * "Ordinary" (Two Door Cinema Club song) (2016) * "Ordinary" (Wayne Brady song) (2008) * ...

in August 1814. Two years later she was roofed over. She was broken up in March 1821.

Notable crew members

* John Septimus Roe,

midshipman A midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Canada (Naval Cadet), Australia, Bangladesh, Namibia, New Zealand, South Afr ...

Notes

Citations

References

* Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Vengeur-class ships of the line 1812 ships Ships built on the River Hamble {{UK-line-ship-stub