HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line and the second of that name, was built by Randall & Brent at Rotherhithe where her keel was laid in February 1801. Launched on 3 September 1803, she was completed at Woolwich. She was first commissioned for the Channel Fleet under Captain Sir Charles Hamilton and was involved in the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809, in which she won a battle honour, and in the expeditions against the docks at Antwerp and render the Schelde unnavigable to French ships. On 22 November 1810, Illustrious was amongst the fleet that captured Île de France on 3 December. She then took part in the Invasion of Java (1811) in Indonesia. She was refitted at Portsmouth (1813–17) and then laid up in reserve until recommissioned in 1832. She was laid up again in 1845, and later used as a guard ship, a hospital ship and, lastly, in 1854 she became a gunnery training ship and continued as one until she was broken up in 1868 in Portsmouth.

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1803 HMS Illustrious

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Invasion of Java

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Battle of the Basque Roads

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keel laying

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ship breaking

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order

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ship launching

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Frameless

The Excellent, Portsmouth Harbour. Great gun practice c. 1862 - RCIN 767411-1529579742

HMS Illustrious heading out of Table Bay in choppy conditions and a stiff breeze, by Thomas Whitcombe (British, 1760-1824)

Copy Two Stereo Negatives- Upper Ship Identified as HMS Impregnable - George Washington Wilson - ABDMS069640

HMS Excellent (c.1860)

Fame (1805)

Figurehead of HMS Illustrious (1803)

Sailing Era Gallery in Storehouse 11

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

link	page	Three Decks page^@	Wikidata
link	page	The Victorian Royal Navy page^@	Wikidata
commons	image	The Excellent, Portsmouth Harbour. Great gun practice c. 1862 - RCIN 767411-1529579742	Commons
commons	image	HMS Illustrious heading out of Table Bay in choppy conditions and a stiff breeze, by Thomas Whitcombe (British, 1760-1824)	Commons
commons	image	Copy Two Stereo Negatives- Upper Ship Identified as HMS Impregnable - George Washington Wilson - ABDMS069640	Commons
commons	image	HMS Excellent (c.1860)	Commons
commons	image	Fame (1805)	Commons
commons	image	Figurehead of HMS Illustrious (1803)	Commons
commons	image	Figurehead of HMS Illustrious (1803)	Commons
commons	image	Sailing Era Gallery in Storehouse 11	Commons

HMS Illustrious

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