HMS Implacable

HMS Implacable (1805)

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Name	Implacable (1805)	Explanation
Type	Third rate
Acquired	1805
Hull	Wooden
Propulsion	Sail
Builders measure	1882 tons
Displacement
Guns	74
Fate	1949
Class
Ships book
Note	1805.11.03 captured Duguay-Trouin (French). 1855 t.s. 1912 te be preserved. 1949.12.02 scuttled off the Owers
Snippets concerning this vessels career
Date	Event
1 February 1839 - 28 January 1842	Commanded by Captain Edward Harvey, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840)
(January 1843)	Out of commission at Plymouth
11 May 1855 - 17 March 1858	Commanded by Captain Arthur Lowe, training ship, Devonport
7 April 1860 - 30 January 1861	Commanded by Commander John William Dorville, training ship for boys, Devonport
30 January 1861 - 2 August 1864	Commanded by Commander Samuel Brooking Dolling, training ship for boys, Devonport
2 August 1864 - 20 April 1866	Commanded by Commander Edward Hood Lingard Ray, training ship for boys, Devonport
20 April 1866 - 20 April 1867	Commanded by Commander Edward Thomas Nott, training ship for boys, Devonport (untill Nott invalided)
20 April 1867	Commanded by Commander Pownoll William Pellew, training ship for boys, Devonport
1 November 1869 - 16 April 1870	Commanded by Commander William Henry Cuming, training ship for boys, Devonport
17 April 1870 - 14 April 1873	Commanded by Commander Andrew James Kennedy, training ship for boys, Devonport
*Extracts from the Times* newspaper**
Date	Extract
Sa 12 February 1842	The total number of vessels that have already sailed, or are about to sail, to join the squadron in the Chinese seas is 15, being 1 line of battle-ship, the Implacable, 74, fitting for the flag of Sir T. Cochrane; 4 frigates, the Cambrian, 36, Captain H.D. Chads, C.B., the Thalia, 44, Captain C. Hope, the North Star, 28, Captain Sir J.E. Home, and the Vindictive, 50, Captain J. Toup Nicholas; 6 sloops of war, the Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, the Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, the Syren, 16, Commander W. Smith, the Harlequin, 10, Commander G.F. Hastings, the Wolverine, 16, Commander J.W.S. Johnson, and the Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill; 3 troop ships, the Belleisle, Captain J. Kingcome, the Apollo, Commander C, Frederick, and the Sapphire, Master Commander G.H. Cole; and 1 hospital-ship, the Minden, Captain M. Quin. The ships of war carry altogether 334 guns. The majority of them have already sailed; the Implacable, Vindictive, Wolverine, and Minden (hospital-ship) being the only vessels not yet ready. The Wolverene and Minden will sail in a day or two, and the Vindictive in about three weeks; the Implacable will take some time longer, as she has only recently been put in commission. It is now understood that the Carysfort frigate, 26, Captain Lord G. Paulett, which has lately been commissioned at this port, is to proceed to China. This will make the number of vessels ordered to reinforce the squadron already there 16, and the total number of guns 360, exclusive of these on board the troopships, which are armed en flute.
Fr 18 February 1842	PLYMOUTH, Feb. 15. The Implacable, 74, late from the Mediterranean station, paid off at this port on the 31st. ult., and recommissioned by Captain H.W. Bruce on the 3d instant, on being taken into the north new dock and examined, has been found defective, and condemned by the officers of this establishment, as unfit for the service for which she was intended. The Agincourt, 74, is proposed to be substituted for the Implacable. The Resistance frigate, fitting for a troop-ship, was masted yesterday. Orders have been received at this port to hasten the fittings and repairs of this ship; accordingly all the force that can be spared from works of less importance will be employed on her.

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