// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did HMS Vigo say to its friend? "Sea you later".

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vigo.

Vigo
History
United Kingdom
Name	Vigo
Ordered	20 October 1806
Builder	Ross, Rochester
Laid down	April 1807
Launched	21 February 1810
Commissioned	January 1811
Fate	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,786 71⁄94 (bm)
Length	176 ft 9 in (53.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	40 ft (12.2 m)
Draught	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold	20 ft 11 in (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Vigo was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1810, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. launched on 21 February 1810 at Rochester.

She became a receiving ship in 1827, and was broken up in 1865.

HMS Vigo is one of the few but significant number of ships to have been built by a shipyard owned by a woman. A Mrs Mary Ross was the widow of the former owner of Acorn Warf at Rochester. She was evidently successful in the business and would go on to build a further 8 vessels for the Royal Navy, including one other 74-gun ship, HMS Stirling Castle.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.