HMS Minotaur (1816)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Minotaur.

Minotaur in 1851
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Minotaur
Ordered3 December 1811
BuilderRobert Seppings (1812-1813), George Parkin (1813-1816), Chatham Dockyard
Laid downDecember 1812
Launched15 April 1816
FateBroken up, 1869
General characteristics
Class & typeGanges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1726 3⁄94 bm
Length139 ft 7.5 in (42.558 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 2.5 in (14.694 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 3.75 in (6.1913 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement550
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
The receiving ship Minotaur on moorings in front of Blockhouse Point, Sheerness and the '1 o'clock boat' (steamer) in the foreground, 25 January 1851

HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1816 at Chatham Dockyard.

She was never commissioned for sea service; on completion of construction the new vessel was immediately placed in reserve at Sheerness Dockyard until 1842 when she was fitted as a receiving ship for naval conscripts. By 1859 she had become a guardship in Sheerness harbour, and in 1861 was converted into a floating lazarette for passengers from merchant vessels who were suspected by the Customs Service of bringing in disease. Five years later she was sailed to Gravesend to serve as a hospital for cholera patients.[1]

In July 1866 she was renamed Hermes, but was broken up at Sheerness Dockyard in 1869.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Winfield 2014, pp. 81-82

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817. London: Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157174.


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