HMS Egmont was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 August 1768 at Deptford.

[1] Egmont was part of the squadron commanded by Admiral John Gell on 14 April 1793[2] which escorted a Spanish ship, the St. Jago, they had captured from the French back to Portsmouth.

Her captain reported to Admiralty that the vessel received eleven cannonballs to the starboard side and two more through the mainmast.

With HMS Courageux, Meleager, Tartar and Robust, she covered the landing, on 27 August, of 1500 troops sent to remove the republicans occupying the forts guarding the port.

[5][6] Once the forts were secure, the remainder of Hood's fleet, accompanied by 17 Spanish ships-of-the-line which had just arrived, sailed into the harbour.