HMS Excellent (1787)
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HMS Excellent was a 74-gun third rate Arrogant-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1787, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Nap
Excellent
Shows Excellent at Cape St Vincent, 1797
Hulk (ship type)
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A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of sailing. 'Hulk' may be used to describe a ship that has been launched but not completed, an abandoned wreck or shell, or a ship whose propulsion syste
HMS Excellent (1787)
…ordered to be razeed into a 58-gun fourth-rate frigate in 1820, but the work did not begin until 1825 and was never completed. Excellent served as a receiving ship from 1825 to 1830 when she was hulked as a gunnery training ship. The ship was broken up in 1835. The Arrogant-class ship of the line was designed by…
A hulk moored in Toulon harbour, 19th century.
Portsmouth Harbour with prison hulks, c. 1814
A fleet of ships and hulks in Portsmouth Harbour, c. 1902
HMS Clyde Arriving at Sheerness After the Nore Mutiny, 30 May 1797, depicting sheer hulks positioned to make a lift (painted in 1830)