HMS Renown (1798)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Renown and HMS Royal Oak.
HMS Renown was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.[2] She was to have been named HMS Royal Oak, but the name was changed to Renown on 15 February 1796.[citation needed] She was launched at Deptford Wharf on 2 May 1798[2] and served in 1800-1801 as the flagship of Sir John Borlase Warren, initially in the English Channel.
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Name | HMS Renown |
Ordered | 10 June 1795 |
Builder | Dudman, Deptford Wharf |
Laid down | November 1796 |
Launched | 2 May 1798 |
Renamed | HMS Royal Oak, 1814 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Broken up, May 1835 |
Notes | Harbour service from 1814 |
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Class and type | America-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1899 (bm) |
Length | 182 ft (55 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 48 ft 7+1⁄2 in (14.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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