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HMS Magnificent (1806)

HMS Magnificent in a Gale.jpg
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
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 394 (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: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Magnificent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 August 1806 at Blackwall Yard, captained by Rear-Admiral William Lloyd Towns.

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



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