HMS ''Stately'' was a 64-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 27 December 1784 at
Northam.
French Revolutionary Wars
Sir Richard King took command of ''Stately'' at Portsmouth on 24 July 1793, which was reported in ''The Times'' newspaper.
In 1798 ''Stately'' was at the
Cape of Good Hope
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where she was the venue for the court-martial of Mr. Reid, second mate of the
East Indiaman
East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...
. While they were both on shore, Reid had struck Captain Richard Colnett, captain of ''King George'' The court-martial sentenced Reid to two years in the
Marshalsea prison. Because Colnett had a letter of marque, ''King George'' was a "private man-of-war", and the Navy's
Articles of War applied at sea. Had Reid struck Colnett aboard ''King George'', the charge would have been mutiny, for which the penalty would have been death.
[Parkinson (1966; 2013), p.379.]
The Admiralty had ''Stately'' converted for use a troopship in 1799. Because ''Stately'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the
Admiralty
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issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.
Napoleonic Wars
The Navy reverted her to a fully armed warship once war resumed after the end of the
Treaty of Amiens.
Battle of Zealand Point
On 22 March 1808, ''Stately'' and
''Nassau'' destroyed the last Danish ship of the line, , commanded by Captain
C. W. Jessen, in the
Battle of Zealand Point
The Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. Ships of the Danish and British navies fought off Zealand Point on 22 March 1808; the battle was a British victory. Peter Willemoes was among the Danish ca ...
.
In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasps "Stately 22 March 1808" and "Nassau 22 March 1808" to any still surviving crew members of those vessels that chose to claim them.
Fate
''Stately'' was broken up in 1814.
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
*Parkinson, C. Northcote (1966; 2013) ''Trade in Eastern Seas 1793–1813''. (Routledge).
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Ardent-class ships of the line
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