HMS Magnanime (1780)
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| Name: | HMS Magnanime |
| Ordered: | 16 October 1775 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 23 August 1777 |
| Launched: | 14 October 1780 |
| Commissioned: | October 1780 |
| Fate: | Broken up at Sheerness Dockyard, July 1813 |
| Notes: | Razeed to a 44-gun fifth rate, 1795 |
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| Class and type: | Intrepid-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1370 tons (1392 tonnes) |
| Length: | 159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 500 (as 65-gun ship); 310 officers and men (as frigate) |
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As third rate, 64 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Magnanime.
HMS Magnanime was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 October 1780 at Deptford. She belonged to the Intrepid-class designed by Sir John Williams. From 1794—95, she was cut down into a 44-gun, razee fifth-rate frigate and served as such for a number of years.
Magnanime was broken up in 1813.
[edit] References
- Gardiner, Robert (2000) Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars. Chatham Publishing, London.
- 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.
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