HMS Bellona — 74-gun Third Rate

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A British 74-gun two-decker of the Copenhagen generation. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

The grounding is already on Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. HMS Bellona (74) ran aground entering the channel on 2 April 1801, with HMS Russell (74) and Nelson’s old Agamemnon (64).¹

The Grounding

This note covers that 2 April 1801 grounding only. A launch year and a career stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

The rate is licensed: a British 74. HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate is the inshore flag that did enter. Do not invent a launch year from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Individual_Ships_Index

Same Battle

• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• HMS Russell — 74-gun Third Rate
• HMS Agamemnon — Overview
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate

Cross-Domain

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. HMS Bellona (74), HMS Russell (74), and Nelson’s old Agamemnon (64) all ran aground entering the channel: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩

2. Elephant as inshore flag stays on HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate. Do not invent a launch year or a career. ↩