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HMS Theseus (1786)
HMS ''Theseus'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
One of the eight ''Culloden'' class ships designed by Thomas Slade, she was built at Perry, Blackwall Yard, London and launched on 25 September 1786.〔
==Service==
''Theseus'' was the flagship of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet for the 1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Day to day command was vested in her flag captain Ralph Willett Miller. The British were soundly defeated and Nelson was wounded by a musket ball while aboard the ''Theseus'', precipitating the amputation of his right arm.〔Mostert, TLUAW p221〕
Despite the defeat, morale and good order were retained aboard the ship. In August 1797 ship's surgeon Robert Tainsh reported a mere nine cases of illness aboard, with little incidence of scurvy and a ready supply of antiscorbutics. An outbreak of ulcers was attributed to the overuse of salted provisions and addressed by Miller's insistence on ensuring a supply of onions and lemons as part of daily rations. Also with Miller's approval, the lower deck ports were periodically washed with nitrous acid to reduce the risk of mould, windsails were installed to encourage a flow of fresh air below decks and the crew's hammocks were ordered to be aired three times a week.〔Surgeon's Journal, HMS ''Theseus'', August 1797. Cited in Lavery 1998, pp. 524-525〕
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