HMS Gladiator (1783)

Replica of HMS Gladiator's figurehead at Buckler's Hard
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Gladiator
Builder	Adams, Bucklers Hard
Launched	20 January 1783
Fate	Broken up in August 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Roebuck-class ship
Type	44-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen	882 tons (exact; bm)
Length	140 ft (42.7 m) (overall) 115 ft 1 in (35.1 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 11+1⁄2 in (11.6 m)
Draught	10 ft 10+1⁄2 in (3.3 m) (unladen) 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) (laden)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Lower deck: 20 × 18-pounder guns Upper deck: 22 × 12-pounder guns FC: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Gladiator was a 44-gun fifth-rate Roebuck-class ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 20 January 1783 by Henry Adams of Bucklers Hard. She spent her entire career on harbour service, never putting to sea. Even so, her crew earned prize money for the seizure of two Russian and five American ships. Her static existence made her an excellent venue for courts-martial and a number of notable ones took place aboard her. She was broken up in 1817.