HMS Blenheim (1761)

Blenheim
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Blenheim
Ordered	12 November 1755
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	5 July 1761
Commissioned	August 1761
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "St Vincent"[1]
Fate	Foundered, 1807
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Sandwich-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,827 (bm)
Length	176 ft 1 in (53.67 m) (gundeck) 142 ft 7 in (43.46 m) (keel)
Beam	49 ft 1 in (14.96 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	originally 90 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Middle gundeck: 30 × 18-guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 12-guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounderguns 1801: reduced to a 74-gun Third Rate

HMS Blenheim was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 5 July 1761 at Woolwich.^[2] In 1797 she participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent. In 1801 Blenheim was razeed to a third rate. She disappeared off Madagascar with all hands in February 1807.