HMS Atlas (1782)
1782 Duke-class second-rate ship of the line
HMS Atlas was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1782. She was a Duke-class ship of the line built at Chatham Dockyard by Nicholas Phillips.
History
For some of the period between 1798 and 1802, she was under the command of Captain Theophilus Jones.
In 1802 she was reduced to a 74-gun ship.
In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed for mutiny.
She participated in the naval Battle of San Domingo on 6 February 1806, when she suffered eight killed and 11 wounded. Her captain was Samuel Pym, who had joined her the year before.
In 1808, while off Cádiz and serving as the flagship of Rear Admiral Purvis, she came under fire from French batteries on many occasions. In all, she lost about 50 men killed and wounded. She was responsible for the destruction of Fort Catalina.
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