HMS Spencer (1800)

Spencer
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Spencer
Ordered	19 September 1795
Builder	Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	September 1795
Launched	10 May 1800
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801"[1] "St. Domingo"[2]
Fate	Broken up, 1822
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	74-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1917 (bm)
Length	180 ft 10 in (55.12 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft 3 in (15.01 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 ×  32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 ×  18-pounder guns QD: 12 ×  9-pounder guns Fc: 4 ×  9-pounder guns

HMS Spencer was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 May 1800 at Bucklers Hard. Her designer was the French émigré shipwright Jean-Louis Barrallier.^[3] She served in two major battles, Algeciras Bay and San Domingo, and in a number of other campaigns. She was broken up in 1822.