HMS Magnificent (1806)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Magnificent
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderPerry, Wells & Green, Blackwall
Laid downApril 1805
Launched30 August 1806
FateSold, 1843
General characteristics
Class & typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1732 394 (bm))
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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.

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