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Implacable, 1805
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 74
Taken : 4 Nov 1805 ;
Disposal date or year : 1949
BM: 1882 tons ; Displacement: 3223 tons
Notes:
29 Oct 1805 in search of the Rochefort squadron. 2 Nov Phoenix reported position of the French Squadron : the chase began.
3-4 Nov 4th, the frigates harass the French rear. The action.
the French haul down their colours. Casualties.
Prizes, including the Duguay-Trouin (re-named Implacable), taken to Plymouth and added to the Service.
May - Oct 1808 in the Baltic with a fleet under V.-adm Sir J Saumarez.
20 Aug 1808. Centaur and Implacable arrived and anchored in company with the Swedish fleet in Oro roads and were subsequently in action with the Russian fleet, and blockading the Russians in the port of Rogerswick.
7 Jul 1809 ships' boats of the Implacable, Bellerophon, Melpomène, and Prometheus capture 6 Russian gun-boats, and sink another : take 12 merchant vessels laden with powder and provisions for the Russian army, and burn another.
Plymouth 2 Jan 1810 Went up the harbour to be repaired.
24 June 1811 Reported to be off Toulon.
18 Jul 1811 off Toulon.
Gibraltar 10 Sep 1812 Sailed.
18 Aug 1812 Reported to be with the Fleet off Toulon.
Plymouth 29 Sep 1812 Arrived Saturday morning from the Mediterranean, and was released from quarantine yesterday.
Plymouth 26 Oct 1812 Went up the harbour to be repaired in dock.
Plymouth Dock 17 Dec 1823 The West Briton reports that she dragged her moorings and drifted in the gale, but she was brought up before she made the shore, or received injury.
Jul 1830 Plymouth
Plymouth 2 Jan 1836 it is rumoured that she is to be prepared for sea service.
Plymouth 11 Feb 1836 was docked on Thursday.
9 Jul 1839 Gibraltar, The Ganges, 84, and Implacable, 72, passed here with a fair wind for the coast of Syria ; the Implacable was under all sail, while the Ganges had only her top-sails set.
Sep 1939 at Besika Bay.
13 Oct 1839 Malta, it is reported that a malignant fever had appeared among the crews of both fleets at Besika Bay, but with most intensity on board the French vessels. The schoolmaster of the Implacable had fallen a victim to the malady.
18 Oct 1839 Beshika Bay, The Ganges. Powerful, Vanguard. and Implacable, who have been cruising off Smyrna, have joined the Admiral at Beshika Bay.
4 Nov 1839 Malta, is reported to have departed Besika Bay 23 Oct with the fleet for the winter anchorage at Vourla.
Mar 1840 Mr. Horatio Nelson passed his examination for Midshipman.
8 Mar 1840 is reported to be at Vourla.
5 April 1840 is expected shortly from Vourla.
25 May 1840 Malta, the Princess Charlotte, Implacable, and Carysfort sailed for Naples.
6 Jul 1840 joined Sir John Louis' squadron at Vourla.
20 Jul 1840 sailed from Vourla on a cruise.
3 Aug 1840 arrived Eriseos, Mytelene.
7 Aug 1840 sailed round to Mytelene.
15 Oct 1540 Malta, is reported to be blockading Alexandria.
22 Oct 1840 off Alexandria.
8 Dec 1840 Marmorice Bay, had arrived.
Aug - Nov 1840 Capture of Acre and operations on the coast of Syria. Turkish Medals awarded to the Officers and Men employed during the Campaign.
14 Dec 1840 Marmorice Bay, a court-martial was held on board to try Lieutenant G. W. Winlo, of the Implacable, for having appeared on the quarter-deck of that ship in a state of drunkenness on the 22 Nov. The defendant was acquitted.
28 Jan 1841 Malta, was reported to have arrived off Valetta.
12 Feb 1841, at Malta.
21 Feb 1841, Malta, left for Syracuse, to water.
5 Mar 1841, arrived off Malta, from Syracuse.
5 Apr 1841, Malta, has been recalled from Corfu.
30 Apr 1841, arrived at Gibraltar from Malta.
3 Jul 1841, Plymouth, sailed for the Mediterranean.
12 Jul 1841, arrived at Gibraltar from Plymouth.
16 Oct 1841, Volunteer 1st Class J. V. Lovett ; R. H. Burton, appointed to the Implacable.
12 Sep 1841, arrived at Gibraltar, from Tunis.
4 Dec 1841, Portsmouth, is reported to be under orders to return to England.
17 Dec 1841, Mate J. M. R. Ince, has been promoted to Lieutenant and is appointed to the Implacable.
15 Feb 1842, Devonport, condemned as unfit for sea service, and is to be docked to extend her career.
Jan 1848 Devonport,
20 Dec 1848 Devonport,
1855 Training Ship
4 Feb 1856 Devonport. In the Sound
1860 Training Ship, Devonport, re-rated as a 24
12 July 1860 Commissioned at Devonport.
1864 Training Ship, Home Station, Plymouth. Report of Measles and Small Pox onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
1870 Training Ship for Boys, Devonport, re-rated as an 18
1.1.1877 Recommissioned at Devonport
1879 Devonport. Training Ship for Boys. 14 guns
1879 Tenders: Liberty and Lion
1912 to be preserved.
3 Jun 1932 HMS Implacable arrived Portsmouth and exchanged salutes with HMS VICTORY, her adversary at Trafalgar.
2 Dec 1949 Scuttled off the Owers