HMS Hector (1774) explained

HMS Hector was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 May 1774 at Deptford.

Career

On 10 January 1778 she captured French merchant ship "Thomas Koulican" (or Kouli Kan) at (46°N -9°W).^[1] On 9 May 1801 Hector,, and unsuccessfully chased the French corvette Heliopolis, which eluded them and slipped into Alexandria.^[2]

Because Hector served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.

Fate

Hector was converted for use as a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up in 1816.

References

• Book: James, William. William James (naval historian). 1837. The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV.. R. Bentley.
• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution . history.navy.mil . 23 November 2021.
2. James (1837), p.93.