HMS Sceptre 1799
Marker: recorded wreck position (Age of Sail).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Sceptre | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1799 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Age of Sail | derived from year |
| Ship type | third-rate | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Storm or weather | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Nearest coast | South Africa | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | -33.9200, 18.4500 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. She served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars before being wrecked in a gale in Table Bay, South Africa, in 1799. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.
Location
- Recorded position: -33.9200, 18.4500 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: South Africa
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Sceptre (1781) (revision 1328504671), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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