HMS Invincible (1808)
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Invincible |
Ordered: | 25 June 1801 |
Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
Laid down: | 1 January 1806 |
Launched: | 15 March 1808 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1861 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ganges-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1674 tons (1700.8 tonnes) |
Length: | 169 ft 6 in (51.7 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 47 ft 8.5 in (14.54 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft 3 in (6.2 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Invincible.
HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1808 at Woolwich.
She was employed as a coal hulk from 1857, and was broken up in 1861.
[edit] References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.