HMS Hannibal (1786)

HMS Hannibal (left foreground) lies aground and dismasted at the First Battle of Algeciras.
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hannibal
Ordered	19 June 1782
Builder	Perry, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	April 1783
Launched	15 April 1786
Honours and awards	Participated in: First Battle of Algeciras
Captured	6 July 1801 by the French at the First Battle of Algeciras
France
Name	Annibal
Acquired	6 July 1801
Fate	Broken up 1824
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Culloden-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	161957⁄94 (bm)
Length	170 ft (51.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6+3⁄4 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Hannibal was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1786,^[1] named after the Carthaginian general Hannibal. She is best known for having taken part in the Algeciras Campaign, and for having run aground during the First Battle of Algeciras on 5 July 1801, which resulted in her capture. She then served in the French Navy until she was broken up in 1824.