HMS Belleisle was a Royal Navy third rateship of the line. She was the Formidable of the French navy, captured in 1795 but renamed as the Royal Navy already had a Formidable. This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Formidable. ...
Captained by Hargood, she Fought at the 1805Battle of Trafalgar, the only British ship to become totally demasted with 33 dead and 93 wounded. 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Trafalgar, (French: le bataille de Trafalgar, Spanish: la batalla de Trafalgar) fought on 21 October 1805, was the most significant naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century. ...
Sold at the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1814. 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The first Belleisle was a French 74-gun third-rate ship of the line named Formidable captured in 1795 near Belle Île.
The second Belleisle was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1819 and broken up in 1872.
The third Belleisle was the lead ship of her class of ironclad battleship, originally built for the Ottoman Empire as Peiki Shereef, but purchased in 1876, used as a coast defense ship and expended as a target ship in 1903.
In 1803 HMSBelleisle joined Nelson’s fleet in the Mediterranean where she served for the next two years in the blockade of Toulon, and took part in the chase of Villeneuve’s fleet to the West Indies.
Belleisle continued in silence until she passed under the stern of the Santa Ana which received a full broadside, and with military precision simultaneously delivered a broadside from the other side into another ship.
The Belleisle was the only British ship to be totally dismasted at Trafalgar, and a quarter of her crew became casualties 33 dead and 93 wounded.
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