HMS Irresistible (1782)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Irresistible.
History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name HMS Irresistible
Ordered 8 July 1778
Builder Barnard, Harwich
Laid down October 1778
Launched 6 December 1782
Fate Broken up, 1806
Notes
General characteristics
Class and type Albion-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1643 (bm)
Length 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Depth of hold 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-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 Irresistible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 December 1782 at Harwich.

Career

Irresistible captured the French privateer Quatre frères in April 1797 in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Transfer.

Shows Irresistible at Cape St Vincent, 1797

Irresistible fought at the Battle of Groix in 1795, and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and captured two Spanish frigates at the action of 26 April 1797.

Fate

Irresistible was broken up in 1806.

Citations and notes

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p180.
  2. "No. 15339". The London Gazette. 21 February 1801. p. 222.