HMS Venerable (1784)

	The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Venerable
Ordered	9 August 1781
Builder	Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	April 1782
Launched	19 April 1784
Fate	Wrecked 24 November 1804
Notes	Participated in:; Battle of Camperdown;
General characteristics
Class and type	Culloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1669 (bm)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns; Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Venerable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 April 1784 at Blackwall Yard.^[1]

History
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
Great Britain
Name	HMS Venerable
Ordered	9 August 1781
Builder	Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	April 1782
Launched	19 April 1784
Fate	Wrecked 24 November 1804
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Camperdown
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Culloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1669 (bm)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns