HMS Tremendous
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HMS Tremendous was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Edward Hunt, built to the lines of HMS Ganges by William Barnard's yard at Deptford Green, and launched on 30 October 1784.
The Action of 21 April 1806 as depicted by Pierre-Julien Gilbert. In the foreground, HMS Tremendous aborts her attempt at raking Cannonière under the threat of being outmanoeuvred and raked herself by her more agile opponent. In the background, the Indiaman Charlton fires her parting broadside at Cannonière. The two events were in fact separated by several hours.
Figurehead from the 1810 rebuild
As Grampus, in the Pacific off Bora Bora, Tahiti
HMS Adamant (1780)
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HMS Adamant was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth rate warship of the British Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned thirty years.
HMS Adamant (1780) Image
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted in 1798
Destruction of Preneuse, depicted by Auguste Mayer