HMS Pitt (1816)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pitt.

Pitt
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pitt
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	May 1813
Launched	13 April 1816
Fate	Broken up, 1877
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1751 (bm)
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Pitt was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Nicholas Diddams and launched on 13 April 1816 at Portsmouth Dockyard.^[1][2]

Intended for use in the Napoleonic Wars the end of the wars rendered her obsolete even before she was launched. Her huge crew of 590 men was a huge burden on the state during peace time. She never served any military function.^[3]

Pitt was sold for use as a "coal depot" in 1860, sitting In Portsmouth Docks but purely to hold coal brought in by sea from the north to serve the south of England. She was broken up in 1877.^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.
2. "Nicholas Diddams".
3. "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Pitt' (1816)".

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.