HMS Bellerophon (1786)

English: HMS Bellerophon was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1786. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Construction

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  Anonymous drawing dating from c. 1786, showing Bellerophon on the stocks at Frindsbury

Service and battles

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  At the Glorious First of June, 1794
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  At Cornwallis's Retreat, 16-17 June 1795
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  The blockade of Cadiz, June 1797
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  At the Battle of the Nile, 1-2 August 1798
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  At the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

Napoleon on the Bellerophon

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  Napoleon boards the Bellerophon, 15 July 1815, off Rochefort
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  Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland
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  The morning of 23 July 1815. Napoleon watches the French coastline recede from view, while members of his retinue look on.
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  Bellerophon anchored in Plymouth Sound, surrounded by boats of sightseers hoping to see Napoleon
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  Detail, showing Bellerophon
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  Portrait of Napoleon aboard Bellerophon while off the English coast
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  7 August 1815, Napoleon is transferred from Bellerophon to HMS Northumberland, which will take him into exile on Saint Helena
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  Tumbler given to Maitland by Napoleon, in gratitude for his services

Commanders

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  Thomas Pasley (1790-1) and (1793-4), also rear-admiral aboard Bellerophon in 1794. Bellerophon's first commander
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  William Johnstone Hope (1794), Captain at the Glorious First of June
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  Henry d'Esterre Darby (1796-1800), Captain at the Battle of the Nile
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  John Cooke (1805), Captain at the Battle of Trafalgar, killed in command
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  Richard Thomas (1805), in command for less than a day
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  Augustus Brine (1810-1813)
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  Frederick Lewis Maitland (1815), Captain at Napoleon's surrender. Bellerophon's last commander