to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. In 1803 she was at Malta and in 1805 was under repair at Plymouth. After a further spell in the Channel Fleet (1807-8), she transferred again to the Mediterranean. In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone. Fate Renown was laid up at Plymouth in 1811 and hulked in 1814. She was broken up in May 1835. Renown in fiction In the Horatio Hornblower novels of C. S. Forester, a ship of the line named the Renown (unrelated to the historical Renown of this period), is featured in the novel Lieutenant Hornblower. In the story, the ship's mad captain is injured after falling through a hatch, and the junior officers must take over on adventures in the West Indies. The mysterious circumstances of the Captain's fall become of great importance to the court martial panel later on in the story. In Hornblower (TV series) this story was related in the fifth and sixth episodes, Mutiny and Retribution. Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy America-class ships of the line 1798 ships Ships built in Deptford