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{{short description|Vengeur-class ship of the line}}
{{other ships|HMS Egmont}}
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|Ship caption=''Egmont''
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|Ship country=[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|Ship flag=[[File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=HMS ''Egmont''
|Ship ordered=13 July 1807
|Ship builder=Pitcher, Northfleet
|Ship laid down=October 1807
|Ship launched=7 March 1810
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|Ship fate=Sold, 1875

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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p188">Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Vengeur|ship of the line|3}}
|Ship tons burthen=1760 [[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]]
|Ship length={{convert|176|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck)
|Ship beam={{convert|47|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} 
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|Ship hold depth={{convert|21|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} 
|Ship sail plan=[[Full-rigged ship]]
|Ship propulsion=Sails
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|Ship armament=*Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
*Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
*[[Quarterdeck|QD]]: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder [[carronade]]s
*[[Forecastle|Fc]]: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
*Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
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[[File:Villegagnon HMS Egmont HMS Narcissus Corcavada PU6076.jpg|thumb|''Egmont'' and HMS ''Narcissus'' at the Fort on [[Villegagnon Island]], Rio de Janeiro]]
'''HMS ''Egmont''''' was a 74-gun [[third rate]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[Royal Navy]], launched on 7 March 1810 at [[Northfleet]].<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p188" />

{{#tag:ref|A first-class share was worth [[£sd|£]]167 11[[shilling|s]] 3¼[[pence|d]]; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £1 12s 5¼d.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=13 May 1815 |issue=17011|page=903}}</ref>|group=Note}}

In January 1819, the ''London Gazette'' reported that Parliament had voted a grant to all those who had served under the command of [[George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith|Lord Viscount Keith]] in 1812, between 1812 and 1814, and in the ''Gironde''. ''Egmont'' was listed among the vessels that had served under Keith in the ''Gironde''.{{refn| The sum of the two tranches of payment for that service was £272 8s 5d for a first-class share; the amount for a sixth-class share was £3 3s 5d.<ref name=LG17864>{{London Gazette|issue=17864|page=1752|date=26 October 1822}}</ref>|group=Note}}

She was converted to serve as a storeship in 1862, and was sold out of the Navy in 1875.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p188" />

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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
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{{Vengeur class ship of the line}}

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