HMS_Exeter_(1763)

HMS <i>Exeter</i> (1763)

HMS Exeter (1763)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Exeter.

HMS Exeter was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 July 1763 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

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In 1782, Exeter was involved in the battles of Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee, and the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783.[2]

In 1783, after peace returned between France and England and the British squadron was recalled, Exeter ran aground arriving at the Cape of Good Hope.[3] The French squadron under Suffren had been anchored there for a few days, and both the British and French ships launched their boats to provide assistance.[4]

In 1784 she was found to be unseaworthy, and was burned.[1]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Lavery 2003, p. 178.
  2. [2]
    O'Byrne 1849, p. 1123..
  3. [3]
    Cunat 1852, p. 338.
  4. [4]
    Hennequin 1835, p. 329.

References

  • Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. p. 447.
  • Hennequin, Joseph François Gabriel (1835). Biographie maritime ou notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Regnault éditeur. pp. 289–332.
  • O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Stoddart, Pringle" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray. p. 1123.
  • Lavery, Brian (2003), The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850., vol. 1, Conway Maritime Press, ISBN 0-85177-252-8


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