NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ganges			Randall, Rotherhithe	4.1780	30.3.1782	20.4.1782	prison ship 10.1811
Culloden			Randall, Rotherhithe	2.1782	16.6.1783	5.7.1783	BU 2.1813
Tremendous, 5.1845- Grampus			Barnard, Deptford Green	13.8.1782	30.10.1784	28.1.1785	frigate 1.1846, powder hulk 1856
Invincible			Woolwich DYd	1.1.1806	15.3.1808	11.4.1808	receiving ship and coal depot 1855
Minden			East India Co, Bombay	1807	19.6.1810	15.7.1812	hospital vessel 1842
Minotaur			Chatham DYd	12.1812	15.4.1816	14.10.1816	receiving ship 3.1842

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1657bm
Displacement full, t
Length, m	51.6 gundeck
Breadth, m	14.4
Draught, m	6.17 hold depth
No of shafts
Machinery	sails
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Ganges, Culloden, Tremendous: 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 18 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML Invincible: 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML caronades, 28 x 1 - 147/15 24pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML Minden: 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML caronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML Minotaur: 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML
Complement	590

Project history

74-gun two-deckers. Edward Hunt's design.

Modernizations

1.1811, Tremendous: was reconstructed with diagonal framing: 1707bm, 52.1x14.6m, 28 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML, complement 550

1820s, Tremendous, Invincible, Minden, Minotaur: - 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr, 2 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr; + 4 x 1 - 205/7 68pdr SBML carronades

1/1846, Grampus: as frigate: was armed with 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML

Naval service

No significant events.