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HMS Minotaur (1816)

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Minotaur in 1851
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Minotaur
Ordered3 December 1811
BuilderRobert Seppings (1812-1813), George Parkin (1813-1816), Chatham Dockyard
Laid downDecember 1812
Launched15 April 1816
FateBroken up, 1869
General characteristics
Class and typeGanges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1726 394 bm
Length139 ft 7.5 in (42.558 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 2.5 in (14.694 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 3.75 in (6.1913 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement550
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
The receiving ship Minotaur on moorings in front of Blockhouse Point, Sheerness and the '1 o'clock boat' (steamer) in the foreground, 25 January 1851

HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1816 at Chatham Dockyard.

She was never commissioned for sea service; on completion of construction the new vessel was immediately placed in reserve at Sheerness Dockyard until 1842 when she was fitted as a receiving ship for naval conscripts. By 1859 she had become a guardship in Sheerness harbour, and in 1861 was converted into a floating lazarette for passengers from merchant vessels who were suspected by the Customs Service of bringing in disease. Five years later she was sailed to Gravesend to serve as a hospital for cholera patients.[1]

In July 1866 she was renamed Hermes, but was broken up at Sheerness Dockyard in 1869.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Winfield 2014, pp. 81-82

References

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  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817. London: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157174.