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HMS Canopus (1798) (1st)
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This the first ship to car the name HMS Canopus was a third rate,
80-gun, ship-of-the-line. Originally French, the Franklin, captured 01-Aug-1798, at the Battle of the Nile. 194ft long, 52ft 6in wide and of 2,257 tons builders measurement. Armed with 32 x 32pdr, 6 x 32pdr carronades, 36 x 18pdr, and 6 x 9pdr guns. Took part in the Royal Fleet Review 1845. Used for harbour service from 1863. Sold Oct-1887 and broken up. Won the Battle Honour: San Domingo 1806.
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