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{{short description|Intrepid-class ship of the line, 1780}}
{{other ships|HMS Repulse}}
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|Ship flag=[[File:Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=HMS ''Repulse''
|Ship ordered=5 February 1777
|Ship builder=Fabian, East Cowes
|Ship laid down=12 January 1778
|Ship launched=28 November 1780
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|Ship fate=Wrecked, 10 March 1800
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p181">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Intrepid|ship of the line|3}}
|Ship tons burthen=1387 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]
|Ship length={{convert|159|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|44|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|19|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament=*64 guns:
*Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
*Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
*Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
*Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
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'''HMS ''Repulse''''' was a 64-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched on 28 November 1780 at [[East Cowes]], on the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p181" />

She saw action on 12 April 1782 at the [[Battle of the Saintes]] under command of Captain [[Thomas Dumaresq]]. Her crew were described as "fine [[Guernsey]] lads".<ref>Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.128</ref>

==Mutiny at The Nore==
At the [[Spithead and Nore mutinies#The Nore|mutiny]] at [[The Nore]] in 1797, Repulse made a 'miraculous' escape from the mutineers reaching shore despite receiving 'as was calculated two hundred shot'. Its [[First Lieutenant]], Lieutenant T. Frances Douglas, was presented with a commemorative sword inscribed: ‘PRESENTED by the Committee of Merchants &c OF LONDON to LIEUT.T FRANCIS DOUGLAS for his Spirited and active conduct on board His Majesty’s Ship the REPULSE. [[James Alms|Ja.s Alms]] Esq.r Commander during the MUTINY at the NORE in 1797. [[The Marine Society|Marine Society]] Office, May 1o 1798 } [[Sir Hugh Inglis, 1st Baronet|Hugh Inglis]] Esq.r Chairman’<ref>[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O97345/sword/ Sword (LEUT T. Francis Douglas; maker: James Morisset)], [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], accessed 15 August 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/francis_douglas3.htm Commander Francis Douglas], douglashistory.co.uk, accessed 15 August 2011</ref>

==Loss==
On 10 March 1800, having been driven off course by heavy weather, ''Repulse'' struck a submerged rock and began taking on water. The crew eventually abandoned the ship somewhere in the vicinity of the [[Cap Sizun]], on the Pointe de Penharn from where the majority of the survivors were taken away as prisoners of war. The first lieutenant took a number of men in ''Repulse's'' large cutter, and headed for [[England]] instead, arriving at [[Guernsey]] on 16 March.<ref name="SoN, Repulse">Ships of the Old Navy, ''Repulse''.</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
*Michael Phillips. [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=1882 ''Repulse'' (64) (1780)]. Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
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*Jonin Bruno (1985) "Un grand naufrage à la pointe de Bretagne: le Repulse" Ed. JAEH 1985, Printed at Imprimerie du Marin at Guilvinec, 127 pages.

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