HMS Sceptre

HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. She served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars before being wrecked in a gale in Table Bay, South Africa, in 1799. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.

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1781  Wikimedia, Wikidata
beam 13.5 metre, 
Inflexible-class third-rate ship of the line, shipwreck, third-rate, Royal Navy, 

• Three Decks page^@
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Location: -33.92, 18.45, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1781 HMS Sceptre

1780-05-01T00:00:00Z

1780-05-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1781-06-08T00:00:00Z

1781-06-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1510-03-11T00:00:00Z

1510-03-11T00:00:00Z

1510 Battle of Salt River

1795-06-10T00:00:00Z

1795-09-15T00:00:00Z

1795 Battle of Muizenberg

1806-01-08T00:00:00Z

1806-01-18T00:00:00Z

1806 Battle of Blaauwberg

1659-01-01T00:00:00Z

1677-01-01T00:00:00Z

1659 — 1677 Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars

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Frameless

Inflexible Africa Dictator Sceptre

Thomas Luny (1759-1837) - The East Indiaman 'General Goddard' Capturing Dutch East Indiamen, June 1795 - BHC0479 - Royal Museums Greenwich

The East Indiaman 'General Goddard' Capturing Dutch East Indiamen, June 1795

Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781) RMG J3645

HMS Africa (1781)

Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)

Ships at Spithead 1797

HMS Sceptre sinking

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1510	Battle of Salt River	battle, Portuguese Empire, Khoikhoi	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1795	Battle of Muizenberg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1806	Battle of Blaauwberg	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	war	1659	Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars	series of wars, Dutch East India Company, Khoikhoi	Wikidata
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Fort Wynyard	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Lion Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Chavonis	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Coornhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Knok	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Duinhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kijckuit	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Zanthoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1654	Redoubt Duijnhoop	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1666	Castle of Good Hope	star fort	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1781	HMS Sceptre	third-rate, shipwreck, Inflexible-class third-rate ship of the line	Wikidata
commons	image		Inflexible Africa Dictator Sceptre		Commons
commons	image		Thomas Luny (1759-1837) - The East Indiaman 'General Goddard' Capturing Dutch East Indiamen, June 1795 - BHC0479 - Royal Museums Greenwich		Commons
commons	image		The East Indiaman 'General Goddard' Capturing Dutch East Indiamen, June 1795		Commons
commons	image		Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781) RMG J3645		Commons
commons	image		HMS Africa (1781)		Commons
commons	image		Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)		Commons
commons	image		Ships at Spithead 1797		Commons
commons	image		HMS Sceptre sinking		Commons