{{short description|1764 Navy ship}} {{other ships|HMS Russell}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=HMS Ramillies (1763) Marlborough (1767).jpg |image_caption=''Russell'' }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] |flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Great Britain|naval}} |name=HMS ''Russell'' |ordered=8 January 1761 |builder=West, [[Deptford]] |laid_down= |launched=10 November 1764 |acquired= |commissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |struck= |reinstated= |honours=Participated in:{{unbulleted list| [[Battle of the Saintes]]| [[Glorious First of June]]| [[Battle of Groix]]| [[Battle of Camperdown]]| [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)]]}} |captured= |fate=Sold out of the service, 1811 |notes=Harbour service from 1812 }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p177">Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 177.</ref> |class={{sclass|Ramillies|ship of the line|3}} |tons_burthen=1642 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]] |length={{convert|168|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |beam={{convert|46|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}} |draught= |hold_depth={{convert|19|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |sail_plan=[[Full-rigged ship]] |propulsion=Sails |complement= |armament={{unbulleted list| Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns| Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns| [[Quarterdeck|QD]]: 14 × 9-pounder guns| [[Forecastle|Fc]]: 4 × 9-pounder guns}} |notes= }} }}
'''HMS ''Russell''''' was a 74-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched on 10 November 1764 at [[Deptford]].<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p177" />
==Career== May, 1778 under command of Capt. Frances Samuel Drake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/naval-documents-of-the-american-revolution/NavalDocumentsOfTheAmericanRevVol12_8JUN2015.pdf |title=NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
In 1782, she was commanded by Captain [[James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez|James Saumarez]] at the [[Battle of the Saintes]]. In 1794 she was part of Admiral [[Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe|Howe's]] fleet at the [[Glorious First of June]], and in the following year ''Russell'' fought in the [[Battle of Groix]]. She also fought at the [[Battle of Camperdown]] in 1797. {{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
''Russell'' was at [[Plymouth]] on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, [[East Indiamen]], and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=15 September 1801|issue=15407|page=1145}}</ref>
In 1797 ''Russell'' was commanded by Captain [[Henry Trollope]], who led her at the Battle of Camperdown.
On 24 February 1801, ''Lloyd's List'' reported that ''Russell'' had towed "''Duckingfield Hall''", Pedder, master, into Torbay. She had been sailing from Antigua to London when of the [[Scilly Islands]] another vessel had run foul of her. {{ship||Duckenfield Hall|1783 ship|2}} had lost her foremast, and her fore, main, and mizzen topmasts; the vessel that ran into her was believed to have foundered.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735020?urlappend=%3Bseq=40 ''Lloyd's List'' №4128.]</ref> [[File:The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 RMG BHC0528.tiff|thumb|''Russell'' at Copenhagen, 1801]] In March, Russell was under the command of [[William Cuming (Royal Navy officer)|William Cuming]], part of the Baltic fleet sent to break up the [[Second League of Armed Neutrality|League of Armed Neutrality]]. The fleet assembled in the Kattegat in March 1801 but on 22 March a storm came up that dispersed some of the vessels. Both the gun-brigs {{HMS|Blazer|1797|2}} and {{HMS|Tickler|1794|2}} were driven under the guns of [[Varberg Fortress]]. The Swedes captured ''Blazer'', but ''Russell'' towed ''Tickler'' to safety.{{sfnp|Glover|2018}}
''Russell'' and was at the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] on 2 April.<ref>Clowes (Vol.IV) pp. 246-248</ref> Despite going aground early on in the battle,<ref name=CloIV433>Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 433</ref> Russell was able to engage the Danish ship ''Prøvesteenen'', and when she surrendered, send boats to take possession of her.<ref>Hore p. 63</ref> In 1847 the Navy awarded the [[Naval General Service Medal (1847)]] with clasp "Copenhagen 1801" to all the surviving claimants from the battle.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=26 January 1849 |issue=20939 |pages=239–240}}</ref>
''[[Lloyd's List]]'' (''LL'') reported on 10 June 1803 that ''Russell'' had burnt a 14-gun French navy brig coming from San Domingo.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2735021?urlappend=%3Bseq=99 ''LL'' 10 June 1803, №4357.]</ref>
On 16 October 1803 she was three days out of Rio and in company with the [[fourth rate]] {{HMS|Grampus|1802|6}}. They were escorting the [[East Indiamen]] {{ship||Northampton|1801 ship|2}}, {{ship||Lord Melville|1803 EIC ship|2}}, {{ship||Earl Spencer |1795 EIC ship|2}}, ''Princess Mary'', ''Anna'', ''Ann'', {{ship||Glory|1802 ship|2}}, and ''Essex'', all bound to [[Bengal]].<ref>''Lloyd's List'', no. 44463,[http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1811/06-19-1804.jpg]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - accessed 5 December 2014.</ref> Also, ''Grampus'' carried £100,000 for the British [[East India Company]].
On 12 February 1808 ''Russell'' arrived off the Danish possession of [[Tharangambadi|Tranquebar]] where she landed troops of the [[West Yorkshire Regiment|14th Regiment of Foot]] and the [[Honourable East India Company]]'s artillery. Tranquebar capitulated without resistance.<ref>''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 20, p.145.</ref>{{refn|In February 1824 prize money was paid to the troops, artillerymen, and the crews of ''Russell'' and {{HMS|Monmouth|1796|2}}, which had appeared on the scene. A first-class share for ''Russell'' was worth [[£sd|£]]254 18[[shilling|s]] 9[[pence|d]]; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 19s 11d.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18003|page=294|date=21 February 1824}}</ref>|group=Note}}
==Fate== ''Russell'' was sold out of the service in 1811.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p177" />
==Notes== {{reflist|group=Note}}
==Citations== {{Reflist|30em}}
==References== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last = Clowes|first = William Laird|year = 1997|orig-year= 1900|title = The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IV|publisher = Chatham Publishing|location = London|isbn = 1-86176-013-2}} *{{cite book|last=Glover |first=Gareth |title=The Two Battles of Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807: Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars |year=2018|publisher=Pen & Sword |isbn=9781473898332}} *{{cite book |title=Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials|last=Hore|first=Peter|year=2015|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location= Barnsley.|isbn=9781848327795}} *Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}. {{refend}}
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