HMS La Hogue

Hogue
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS La Hogue
Ordered	1 October 1806
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	April 1808
Launched	3 October 1811
Fate	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1750 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS La Hogue was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1811 at Deptford.^[1] She was named after the 1692 Battle of La Hogue. "The La Hogue of 1811 [...] sported a green and chocolate lion, its grinning mouth displaying rows of white teeth and a huge red tongue."^[2]