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| Name | Trafalgar (1820) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | ||
| Launched | 26 July 1820 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2404 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 106 | ||
| Fate | 1906 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1825 = Camperdown. 1854 h.s. 1857 c.h. 1882 = Pitt. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 1825 | Renamed Camperdown | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Sheerness | ||
| 1882 | Renamed Pitt | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 6 March 1843 | The Modeste, 18, Captain Rundle B. Watson, which arrived from China on Thursday, is to bs paid off at Sheerness. It is a singular coincidence, that while Sir Henry Pottinger was in China so instrumental to the treaty with that empire, his brother, Major William Pottinger, at present in command of the 6th Regiment, stationed here, should be destined to receive the first payment of the ransom given under that treaty. The amount brought by the Modeste is about 800,000 dollars, which was despatched by railway to London on Friday, under the escort of a party of the 6th under the command of Lieutenant Finley. A number of seamen, gunners from the Excellent, will go round to Sheerness in the Modeste, for distribution in the Curaçoa, Hecla, and Camperdown. | ||
| Tu 26 September 1843 | ARRIVAL OF SHIPS OF WAR AT COVE. The following announcement appears in the Cork Constitution:— "On Friday, at 1 o'clock p.m., the town of Cove presented an animated appearance when it became known that the expected ships of war were making the harbour, and crowds of persons mounted the hills to command a view of the entrance to the port. In a short time the firing of guns announced that they had come within the forts of Camden and Carlisle, and at 2 o’clock the St. Vincent, 120 gun ship, commanded by Captain R.F. Rowley, and bearing the flag of Admiral Sir C. Rowley, anchored near the Spit-buoy. The Camperdown, 104 guns, commanded by Captain F. Brace, dropped anchor inside her, and the Caledonia, 120 guns, Captain Alexander Milne, and Eurydice, 20 guns, Captain G. Elliot, lay outside her. The vessel having the flag of Admiral Bowles saluted the flag of the Admiral of the squadron, by firing 17 guns, which was answered by a similar discharge from the St. Vincent. Cove is now honoured with the presence of two admirals in commission. It is expected that the ships will rernain at Cove until the 10th of October." | ||
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