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Neptune, 1797
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 98
Launched : 1797 ;
Disposal date or year : 1818
Notes:
25 Apr 1799 cruising off Brest.
7 Jul 1799 joined the Mediterranean fleet off Minorca.
6 May 1800 Fitted for carronades.
May 1805 Channel Fleet
10 Aug 1805 joined Sir Robert Calder's squadron off Ferrol.
10 Oct 1805 off Cadiz - the tactical preparations etc. for the forthcoming battle.
20 Oct combined fleet departed Cadiz,
fleet manoeuvres.
21 Oct 1805 England expects….. &c. signalled,
the first shots of the Battle of Trafalgar are fired.
Nelson shot.
Resumé of what had taken place.
Individual ship actions and losses : Neptune.
The post-mortem commences ;
Summary of British casualties ;
Death of Nelson ;
22-30 Oct 1805 losses amongst the prizes due to bad weather etc: Redoutable, Rayo, Monarca (sank) ; Fougueux, Bucentaure, Indomptable, San-Francisco-de-Asis, Aigle, Berwick (wrecked) ; Algésiras (taken into Cadiz) ; Santa-Ana, Neptuno (recaptured) ; Santisima-Trinidad (scuttled) ; Achille, Intrépide, San-Augustin (burnt) ;
the washup ;
burial of Nelson ;
22 Oct 1805 Euryalus transferred the tow of the Royal-Sovereign to the Neptune.
24 Oct 1805 Neptune and Prince clear and scuttle the Santisima-Trinidad.
28 Oct 1805 Victory arrived at Gibraltar, under tow by the Neptune.
30 Jan-24 Feb 1809 a part of a expedition under R.-adm Sir A Cochrane which arrived off Martinique with a view to taking the Island.
12-17 Apr 1809 a part of a British squadron, off the Saintes, West Indies, which chased a French squadron, and captured the French 74-gun d'Haupoult of 1871 tons, and, under the name of Abercromby, cruised for three or four years in the British service.
Portsmouth 14 Jan 1810 Sailed with the West-India convoy.
Plymouth 3 Sep 1811 Went out of dock.