HMS Vigilant (1774)
Vigilant | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Vigilant |
| Ordered | 14 January 1771 |
| Builder | Adams, Bucklers Hard |
| Laid down | February 1771 |
| Launched | 6 October 1774 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1347 bm |
| Length | 159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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HMS Vigilant was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 October 1774 at Bucklers Hard.
By 1779 she had been deemed unseaworthy by the navy. She was stripped of her sails and used as a floating battery to support the amphibious landing of British Army troops on Port Royal Island, South Carolina prior to the Battle of Beaufort. From 1799 she served as a prison ship, and was broken up in 1816.