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HMS Vanguard was a 74-gun ship of the line of the
Royal Navy. Displacing 1,609 tons, she was built in 1787 at Deptford.
In December 1795, Captain Edward Berry was appointed flag captain, flying
Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson’s flag. In September 1798 Captain
Thomas Hardy took command, still under Nelson’s flag. Nelson shifted
his flag from Vanguard to Foudroyant on June 6, 1799, taking with him
Captain Hardy and a number of other officers, leaving Captain W. Brown
in command. In 1800, Vanguard was taken out of commission at Portsmouth.
She was paid off by the end of 1805. In 1807 she was repaired at Plymouth,
and became the flag ship of Rear Admiral Thomas Bertie in 1808. Vanguard
was broken up in 1821. |
