HMS Valiant (1807)

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Name: HMS Valiant
Builder: Perry, Green & Wells, Blackwall
Laid down: April 1805
Launched: 24 January 1807
Fate: Broken up, 1823
General characteristics
Class and type: Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1718 tons (1745.6 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 Valiant.

HMS Valiant was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 January 1807 at Blackwall Yard.

She was broken up in 1823.

[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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