William Hargood
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Admiral of the White Sir William Hargood was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, during which he gained an unfortunate rep
Portrait by Frederick Richard Say, c. 1835
HMS Belleisle (1795)
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Lion was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was named Lion on 23 April 1790 and built at Rochefort from August 1791 until June 1794
William Hargood
…he gained an unfortunate reputation for bad luck, which seemed to reverse following his courageous actions at the battle of Trafalgar in command of HMS Belleisle. Born in 1762 into a Royal Navy Dockyard family, the son of a Clerk of the Survey, Hargood was able to secure a position as a midshipman on HMS Triumph…
Belleisle after the Battle of Trafalgar
Belleisle, fifteen minutes past noon at Trafalgar
The dismasted Belleisle later on in the battle