Renown, 1798
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 74
Launched : 1798 ;
BM: 1899 tons.
Notes:

29 Jan 1799 Spithead, arrived the Renown, and Gorgon, from the Downs, with a convoy of outward bound merchant ships.

19 Mar 1799 at Spithead.

4 Jun 1799 arrived off Basque road.

6 Aug 1799 arrived Plymouth, from Torbay, to refit and victual.

28 Oct 1799 Plymouth, arrived.

7 Dec 1799 Plymouth, departed.

10 Apr 1800 Portsmouth, arrived from Lord Bridport's fleet.

05 Jun 1800 5 Jun 1800 Portsmouth, departed with the Dragon, 74, to join the Channel fleet.

10-11 Jun 1800 boats from the Renown, Defence, Fisgard, and Unicorn cut out a number of vessels from St.-Croix.

11 Jun 1800 off the Penmarks : Robert Bulger, Admiral's Boatswain, wounded in boat action.

18 Jun 1800 Plymouth, arrived the Unicorn, 36 guns, Captain Wilkinson, from off the Penmarks, with ten brigs and chasse marees, with provisions and brandy for the French fleet at Brest. 11 sail were cut out from under the batteries by the boats of the Renown, Defence, Fisgard, and Unicorn. One foundered, but the crew were saved.

23 Jun-1 Jul 1800 boats from the Renown, Defence, and Fisgard involved in actions in the Quimper river and off the island of Noirmoutier.

2 Jul 1800 in Bourneuf-Bay.

25 Aug 1800 operations in support of the Army against the harbour of Ferrol on the coast of Spain.

29-30 Aug 1800 ship's boats of the London, Renown, Imp�tueux, Courageux, Amethyst, Stag, Amelia, Brilliant, and Cynthia capture the French ship-privateer Gu�pe. See also p. 238, of Vol 4 of Naval Chronicle.

25 Aug 1800 arrived Bay of Playa de Dominos. Spoke with the St. Vincent schooner, who had parted from Captain Curzon. Troops landed from the transports without casualties and a fort with 8 x 24 pdrs., was silenced by the Impetueux, Brilliant, Cynthia, and St. Vincent gun boat.

27 Aug 1800 Renown, Bay of Playa de Dominos. Troops re-embarked by day break and departed under orders of Earl St. Vincent.

31 Aug 1800 Vigo Bay, arrived last night, when boats from this ship and the Renown were manned, and sent to cut out some vessels observed lying under the batteries. They returned this morning with a sloop of war ; and which had cost the lives of eight men, and seven wounded.

Circa 1 Sep 1800 Lt Haweis, of the Renown, 74, is made a Master and Commander.

12 Oct 1800 Plymouth, arrived with the squadron from the secret expedition. Since the failure at Ferrol the above squadron has been cruising in the Bay.

9 Nov 1800 Plymouth, whilst lying in Barnpool, drifted in the storm last night near the Bridge Rocks, off St. Nicholas Island, but managed to warp herself back into her former station using a buoy.

28 Nov 1800 Plymouth, departed for the Straits.

21 Jan 1801 the English brig Kangaroo, from Newfoundland, bound to Lisbon, laden with 2,900 quintels of codfish, recaptured by the Renown on the Mediterranean Station.

23 Jan 1801 letters received Plymouth from Gibraltar, dated the 16th ult. from an Officer of the Renown, of 74 guns, Vice-Admiral Sir J. Warren, Bart, state, that she and the Gibraltar, of 84 guns, Captain Kelly, were to sail the 17th ult. for Malta.

8 Feb 1801 the Swedish brig Amphion, laden with sugar and tobacco ; detained by the Renown, on the Mediterranean Station.

8 Feb 1801 departed from off Cadiz to Gibraltar and Port-Mahon in pursuit of a French squadron which has passed through into the Mediterranean with a view to landing troops in Egypt. 25 Feb the French squadron was sighted off the island of Toro, and again in the early days of Jun., but was subsequently lost, having returned to Toulon.

8 Mar to 2 Sep 1801 Off the coast of Egypt.

Circa 2 May 1801 blockade of Porto-Ferrajo by the French raised on 1 Aug by the arrival of Sir John Warren with his squadron.

29 Jun 1801 cruising off Alexandria, per UK newspapers of this date, reporting news received from off Egypt.

13-14 Sep 1801 men from the ship's company involved in operations ashore at Porto-Ferrajo.

16 Nov 1801 letters received Plymouth from the Renown, dated Malta, the 16th September, state that the squadron and garrison were in perfect health, and provisions cheap and plenty.

Circa 26 Dec 1801 Lieutenant Hawes, of the Renown, pro tempore, to the Roebuck.

6 Apr 1802 letters received at Plymouth received from the Renown, 74, from Malta, as late as the 28 Feb last, mention that the British squadron there were hourly expected to be ordered to Gibraltar.

30 Apr 1802 letters from the Renown dated Malta state that they are still there and little likelihood of departing Malta before late June, early July, all well.

30 May 1802 letters received Plymouth from the Renown, 74, landed from a frigate off Salcombe Bar, state that the fleet at Malta were all well, and that Admiral Lord Keith expected to be home in June next.

6 Oct 1802 a mutiny took place on board the Gibraltar as her squadron, made up of the Dragon, Gibraltar, Triumph, Superb and Renown departed Gibraltar to rejoin the Admiral in the Mediterranean. See below re the mutiny.

18 Oct 1802 was reported by the Medusa, arrived Gibraltar, from Malta yesterday, to be cruising off Carthagena with the squadron of British ships of the line, Superb, Gibraltar, Triumph and Dragon in the Mediterranean.

18 Nov 1802 letters, as dated, received Plymouth from the Renown, at Gibraltar, state that she and 5 other ships of the line accompanying her, were to be victualled and stored for six months, and were to go to Malta.

28-29 Nov 1802 a letter, as dated, received from the Dragon, supplemented by another from the Superb, both now at anchor in Oristagni Bay, Sardinia which detail how, on the 6th Oct., when orders had been received for the squadron to depart Gibraltar, presumably for Malta, when it was discovered that the ship's company of the Gibraltar, 84, had mutinied, and expressed a wish to sail to the Westward, but the officers and marines soon quelled the the mutiny and the two ring leaders were secured and put on board the Dragon where they were subsequently court martialled and found guilty before being returned to the Gibraltar where they were executed.

29 Nov 1802 it has been reported that in a recent most violent gale the Renown and Triumph parted their cables, but no further damage was reported and being about 8 miles off shore can only conclude that they had plenty of sea room to manoeuvre.

29 Dec 1802 departed Oristagni Bay for Gibraltar.

5 Jan 1803 the sloop of war Hound, arrived at the Motherbank from Gibraltar in 16 days, bringing reports that a mutiny had broken out on board the Gibraltar.

28 Jan 1803 arrived Gibraltar from the fleet off Oristagni Bay.

1 Feb 1803 the Dragon, Renown, Monmouth, Active, Greyhound, and Vincego, are reported to be lying in Gibraltar Bay.

7 Feb 1803 has gone into the Mole at Gibraltar to refit.

13 Feb 1803 the Dragon, and Renown are nearly repaired, and along with the Monmouth are expected to depart Gibraltar for Malta circa 16 Feb., wind &c. permitting.

8 Jul 1803 with the blockading fleet off Toulon.

9 Jul 1803 a letter as dated from the Superb reports being 2 miles from Toulon, and that they've been cruising off the port for 2 months ; and that the squadron consists of the following vessels : Kent, Donegal, Superb, Triumph, Monmouth, Gibraltar, Agincourt, Belleisle, Renown ; and the frigates Medusa, and Amphion ; with the Termagent sloop ; and Weasel brig.

The Hampshire Telegraph of the 10 Oct 1803, reports receipt of a letter from the Victory, off Toulon, dated 1 Sep., brought to England by the frigate Experiment, just arrived at Spithead, stating that the Victory has been cruising there for 5 weeks ; the squadron consists of 6 sail of the line, including also the Kent, Canopus, Superb, Triumph and Renown ; the French squadron remains the same, apart from a frigate and a brig which got into Toulon, from Marseilles, when heavy gales blew the blockading squadron off the coast.

24 Oct 1803, departed for the Magdalena islands for water etc., returned Toulon 23 Nov.

12 Dec 1803, whilst the Narcissus watched Toulon the Fleet departed for the bay of Palma and thence to the Magdalena islands for water etc.

4 Jan 1804 departed with the Mediterranean fleet on a cruise, arriving back at Sardinia on 27th. 1 Feb cruised on the French coast, anchoring off Cabrera on the 8th ; cruised again from the 19 Feb to 25 Mar.

3 Apr 1804 cruised off the French coast apart from returning briefly to the Magdalena islands to water from 11 to 19 May.

19 Jul 1804 following the receipt of supplies from England the fleet departed for the gulf of Palma to store ship ; returned 26 Aug.

May 1805 Mediterranean (per Steel).

Circa 1 Feb 1808 having, due to bad weather, been unable to maintain a watch off Rochefort, R.-adm. Strachan's squadron, on being informed of the escape of the French squadron, probably bound to the Mediterranean, departed in pursuit.

Circa 4 Feb 1808 off Ferrol, spoke Sir R King's squadron ; on the 9th was off Cadiz, passed the Rock on the following day, and joined V.-adm. E. Thornborough's squadron in Palermo bay on the 21st.

2 Mar 1808 joined Lord Collingwood's squadron off the island of Maritimo. 6 Mar received news that the French fleet had been at sea for a month and departed in search, which continued for a week or two after the French fleet had returned to Toulon on 10 Apr. Leaving Vice-admiral Thornborough with a sufficient force to blockade Toulon, Lord Collingwood departed for Gibraltar and Cadiz, to contribute his aid to the cause of the Spanish patriots.

23-26 Oct 1809 a part of the Mediterranean fleet off the coast of Catalonia, was sent in chase of a small French squadron from Toulon which resulted in the destruction of the French ships Robuste and Lion.

Jul 1830 Plymouth

30 Aug 1833 offered for sale at Plymouth in a Dutch auction at �9,000, and withdrawn at �5,700, there being no bidders.

Broken up May 1835.