HMS Leviathan (1790)
HMS Leviathan was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched on 9 October 1790.

Service history
At the Battle of Trafalgar under Henry William Bayntun, she was near the front of the windward column led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard his flagship, , and captured the Spanish ship . A flag said to have been flown by the Leviathan at Trafalgar is to be sold at auction by Arthur Cory in March 2016 - Bayntun is thought to have given it to his friend the Duke of Clarence (later William IV), who then gave it to Arthur Cory's direct ancestor Nicholas Cory, a senior officer on William's royal yacht , in thanks for helping the yacht win a race and a bet.

Leviathan, , , , and  shared in the proceeds of the capture on 10 September 1797 of the Tordenskiold.

In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone.

On 27 June 1812, Leviathan, ,  and  attacked an 18-strong French convoy at Laigueglia and Alassio in Liguria, northern Italy.

Fate
In 1816, after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, she was converted into a prison ship and in 1848 was sold and broken up.

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References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

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Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Courageux-class ships of the line
Ships built in Chatham
1790 ships