HMS Culloden (1783)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Culloden
Ordered12 July 1779
BuilderRandall, Rotherhithe
Laid downJanuary 1782
Launched16 June 1783
Honours &
awards
Participated in:
FateBroken up, February 1813
General characteristics
Class & typeGanges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1683 (bm)
Length169 ft 6 in (51.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 8+12 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 3 in (6.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Culloden was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 June 1783 at Rotherhithe. She took part in some of the most famous battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars before she was broken up in 1813.