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History | |
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Name: | HMS Vengeance |
Ordered: | 14 January 1771 |
Builder: | Randall, Rotherhithe |
Laid down: | April 1771 |
Launched: | 25 June 1774 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1816 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Royal Oak-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1626 37⁄94 (bm)) |
Length: | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
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HMS Vengeance was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1774 at Rotherhithe.
She became a prison ship in 1808, and was broken up in 1816.