HMS Magnificent (1806)

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Name: HMS Magnificent
Ordered: 31 January 1805
Builder: Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall
Laid down: April 1805
Launched: 30 August 1806
Fate: Sold, 1843
General characteristics
Class and type: Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1732 tons (1759.8 tonnes)
Length: 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 4 in (14.4 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Magnificent.

HMS Magnificent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 August 1806 at Blackwall Yard.

She was hulked in 1825, and eventually sold out of the service in 1843.

[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.
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