HMS Bellerophon

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Royal Navy warship ship of the line

HMS Bellerophon was a British Royal Navy ship of the line famed for her prominent role in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard her in 1815.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy warship ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ
armament 74-gun ⓘ
battleHonour Glorious First of June ⓘ
surface form: The Glorious First of June 1794

Battle of the Nile ⓘ
surface form: The Nile 1798

Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
surface form: Trafalgar 1805
beam 47 ft 1 in ⓘ
builder Frindsbury shipyard ⓘ
William Batson & Co. ⓘ
captain Frederick Lewis Maitland ⓘ
Henry d’Esterre Darby ⓘ
John Cooke ⓘ
Thomas Pasley ⓘ
carriedPerson Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
crewComplement 590 ⓘ
decommissioned 1815 ⓘ
depthOfHold 20 ft 4 in ⓘ
fate broken up at Plymouth ⓘ
flagshipOf Rear-Admiral Thomas Pasley at the Glorious First of June ⓘ
laidDown 1782 ⓘ
laterUse convict ship ⓘ
prison hulk ⓘ
launched 1786 ⓘ
launchedOn 1786-10-07 ⓘ
length 168 ft (gundeck) ⓘ
locationOfEvent surrender of Napoleon in the roadstead off Rochefort ⓘ
material wooden hull ⓘ
namedAfter Bellerophon ⓘ
nickname Billy Ruffian ⓘ
notableEvent Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered aboard her in July 1815 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Nile ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Aboukir Bay

Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Glorious First of June ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the First of June 1794

Battle of the Nile ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Glorious First of June ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
blockade of Brest ⓘ
portOfRegistry Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Sheerness
propulsion sail ⓘ
rate third-rate ship of the line ⓘ
scrapped 1836 ⓘ
serviceEntry 1786 ⓘ
shipClass Ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: Arrogant-class ship of the line
soldForBreakingUp 1836 ⓘ
tonnage 1,612 bm ⓘ
tookToDestination Napoleon Bonaparte to Plymouth ⓘ

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Battle of the Nile → notableShip → HMS Bellerophon ⓘ