HMS ''Royal George'' was a 100-gun

first rate In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era The Jacobean era was the period in English and Scot ...

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of the

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, launched from

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on 16 September 1788. She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt, and was the only other ship built to her draught.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p119. She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. ''Royal George'' served as the flagship at the

Battle of Groix The Battle of Groix was a large naval engagement which took place near the island of Groix off the Biscay coast of Brittany on 23 June 1795 ( 5 messidor an III) during the French Revolutionary Wars. The battle was fought between elements of the ...

and wore the flag of Admiral Alexander Hood at the

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. In 1807 she served as the flagship of Admiral Sir John DuckworthGeorge Thom, Paget & Taylor. during the

Alexandria expedition of 1807 The Alexandria expedition of 1807, also known as the Fraser expedition, ( ar, حملة فريزر) was a failed attempt by the British to capture the Egyptian city of Alexandria during the Anglo-Turkish War in order to secure a base of operation ...

. She was broken up in 1822.

Citations and notes

References

*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850''. Conway Maritime Press. .
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Paget & Taylor Family Tree. Retrieved 9 August 2008. Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Individual sailing vessels 1788 ships {{UK-line-ship-stub