HMS Invincible (1765)
HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 9 March 1765 at Deptford. Invincible was built during a period of peace to replace ships worn out in the recently concluded Seven Years' War. The ship went on to serve in the American War of Independence. May, 1778 under command of Capt. Anthony Parry. Fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent in 1780, and under the command of Captain Charles Saxton, the Battles of the Chesapeake in 1781 and St Kitts in 1782.
Invincible | |
| History | |
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| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Invincible |
| Ordered | 4 November 1761 |
| Builder | Wells, Deptford |
| Launched | 9 March 1765 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 16 March 1801 |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ramillies-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1631 |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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She survived the cull of the Navy during the next period of peace, and was present, under the command of Thomas Pakenham, at the Glorious First of June in 1794, where she was badly damaged and lost fourteen men, and, under the command of William Cayley, the Invasion of Trinidad (1797), which resulted in the transfer of Trinidad from the Spanish.