HMS Theseus was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Theseus in the 1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane.
Capt J. Beresford leading the British squadron in Theseus on 24 February 1809
Theseus, seen after she was caught in a Hurricane off San Domingo between 4 and 11 September 1804. Theseus and HMS Hercule were badly damaged, but eventually survived to reach Port Royal on 15 September
Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797, the assault was defeated, and on 25 July the remains of the landing party withdrew under a truce, having lost several hundred men. Nelson himself had been wounded in the arm, which was subsequently partially amputated: a stigma that he carried to his grave as a constant reminder of his failure.
The British Attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Oil on canvas, 1848.
Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe by Richard Westall. Oil on canvas.
The Castle of San Andrés played an important role in the battle.