HMS Talavera (1818)
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Career (UK) |
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Name: |
HMS Talavera |
Ordered: |
15 February 1814 |
Builder: |
Woolwich Dockyard |
Laid down: |
July 1814 |
Launched: |
15 October 1818 |
Fate: |
Burnt, 1840 |
General characteristics [1] |
Class and type: | Repulse-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1718 bm |
Length: | 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 47 ft 4 in (14.43 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: 14 × 9 pdrs
- Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
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HMS Talavera was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 October 1818 at Woolwich Dockyard.[1] She was named for the British/Spanish victory at the Battle of Talavera.
She was destroyed by fire in 1840.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.
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.