HMS Blenheim (1761)

Blenheim
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Blenheim
Ordered12 November 1755
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched5 July 1761
CommissionedAugust 1761
Honours &
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "St Vincent"
FateFoundered, 1807
General characteristics
Class & typeSandwich-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,827 (bm)
Length
  • 176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck)
  • 142 ft 7 in (43.46 m) (keel)
Beam49 ft 1 in (14.96 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • originally 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounderguns
  • 1801: reduced to a 74-gun Third Rate

HMS Blenheim was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 5 July 1761 at Woolwich. In 1797 she participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent. In 1801 Blenheim was razeed to a third rate. She disappeared off Madagascar with all hands in February 1807. Her fate remains a mystery.