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On 13 June 1806 Powerful captured the French privateer Henriette off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Powerful had received intelligence of her presence in the area and set out from Trincomalee on the 11th. She sighted Henriette on the morning of the 13th.
HMS Powerful (1783) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1812. HMS Powerful (1826) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1826. She was used as a target from 1860 and was broken up by 1864.
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On 13 June 1806 Powerful captured the French privateer Henriette off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Powerful had received intelligence of her presence in the area and set out from Trincomalee on the 11th. She sighted Henriette on the morning of the 13th.
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HMS Powerful was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1783 at Blackwall Yard, London.[1]
In 1805 the ship arrived too late to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar but was then detached to reinforce the East India squadron. On 13 June 1806 she captured the French privateer Henriette of Trinconmalee, Sri Lanka. At the Action of 9 July 1806 disguised as an east Indiaman she captured, with the sloop Rattlesnake, the Bellone, which had been a serious threat to British trade.[2]
•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.
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Strength. Ship of the line HMS Powerful and brig HMS Rattlesnake. Privateer frigate Bellone. Casualties and losses. 2 killed, 11 wounded. 1 killed, 6–7 wounded, Bellone captured. The action of 9 July 1806 was a minor engagement between a French privateer frigate and British forces off Southern Ceylon during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Commanded by Captain the Honorable Hedworth Lambton CB. The Powerful and Terrible were the largest cruisers in the world during the late 1890's. HMS Powerful was built by the Naval Construction and Armaments Company in Barrow-in-Furness and launched on the 24th July 1895. She was built to compete with the newest Russian Cruisers.
Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas (Portsmouth), Mediterranean. 29 May 1854. - 2 July 1854. Commanded by Captain George Mansel, particular service. 12 September 1854. - 1 October 1856. Commanded by Captain Thomas Lecke Massie, particular service. Top↑. Characteristics and career details for this Victorian era Royal Navy vessel.
