The Elephant as shown in the game Napoleon: Total War

74-gun 3rd rate ship-of-the-line

• Launched in 1786.
• Broken up in 1830.
• She was Vice-Admiral Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Copenhagen, 29th March - 2nd April 1801, with Captain Thomas Foley.

Career:

• 1800: With the Channel Fleet off Brest. (Capt. Thomas Foley)
• March 1801: Joined Admiral Hyde Parker's Baltic fleet.  (Capt. Thomas Foley)
• 2nd April 1801: Fought at the Battle of Copenhagen as Nelson's flagship, with Captain Thomas Foley.  She was chosen by Nelson as she sailed better in shallow water than the ship he'd sailed to the Baltic in, the St. George.
• 17th April: Nelson had gone back to the St. George after the battle, but transferred back to the Elephant as he thought he might have to chase the Swedish fleet through shallow water.  (Capt. Thomas Foley)
• September 1803: Present when the French 74 Duquesne was captured; she chased the Duguay-Trouin (also a 74), but it escaped; the Guerrière (40) also escaped.  (Capt. George Dundas)
• October 1803: Captured the French Mars (Capt. George Dundas)
• 1805: Off the Texel (a Dutch island).  (Capt. George Dundas)
• 1806: On the Jamaica station. (Capt. George Morris)
• 1811: With the Hermes, chased and captured the Swordfish, a 12-gun American privateer. 
• 1814: Out of commission in Portsmouth; reduced to 58 guns in 1818.