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HMS ''Queen'' was a three-deck 90-gun second-rate
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, launched on 18 September 1769 at
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. She was designed by William Bateley, and was the only ship built to her draught. Her armament was increased to 98 guns in the 1780s.Naval-Art.com, HMS ''Queen''.


Service

''Queen'' fought at the First Battle of Ushant under Keppel in 1778, and the Second Battle of Ushant under Kempenfelt in 1781. In 1794 she fought in the Glorious First of June under Howe, where she served as Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner's flagship. During the battle ''Queen'' sustained significant damage, and her commanding officer, Captain John Hutt, was amongst those killed. On 16 November 1798, the squadron she was in captured three US merchantmen, ''Norfolk'', ''Eliza'', and ''Friendship'', under convoy of ; the squadron impressed five of ''Baltimore''s crew. At the time she was under command of Capt. Dobson. She was still Captained by Dobson when she contacted USS Ganges while on a cruise on 3 April 1800. For some of the period between 1798 and 1802, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones. On 10 March 1800, made contact with her, and at approximately (). After the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, ''Queen'' continued in the blockade of Cadiz. On 25 November, detained the Ragusan ship ''Nemesis'', which was sailing from Isle de France to Leghorn, Italy, with a cargo of spice,
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, and other goods. ''Queen'' shared the prize money with ten other British warships. On 25 October 1806, the Spanish privateer ''Generalísimo'' captured HM gunboat ''Hannah'', which was serving as a tender to ''Queen''. After Trafalgar, the demand for the large three-decker first and second rates diminished. Consequently, in 1811 the Admiralty had ''Queen'' razeed to become a two-decker third rate of 74 guns.


Fate

''Queen'' was eventually broken up in 1821, at the age of 52.


Citations


References

*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . *Naval-Art.co
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Cranston Fine Arts. Retrieved 30 August 2008. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen (1769) Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1769 ships