HMS Magnificent (1806)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Magnificent.

HMS Magnificent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 August 1806 at Blackwall Yard.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
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 [1]
Class & type	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1732 3⁄94 (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

Service

On 21 March 1810, she participated in the expedition against the island of St Maura in the Adriatic.

From June to August 1812, she was off the coast of Northern Spain, in support of operations to expel Bonapartist forces from Spain. From 30 July to 1 August, she launched an attack on Santander.^[2]

She was among a convoy of vessels that had departed from Cork and Portsmouth in September, which arrived at Jamaica on 12 November 1814.^[3][4] With the departure of Vice Admiral Cochrane on 29 November 1814, she was the most senior vessel in Jamaica, her commanding officer Willoughby Lake was deputised to carry on the duties of Senior officer on the Jamaica station.^[5] She was among a convoy of vessels that had departed the West Indies on 1 May 1815, having paused at Havana, then stopped at Castletownbere on 3 July, arrived at Deal on 10 July 1815.^[6][7][8][9] She was paid off on 8 August 1815.^[10]

She was hulked in 1825, and eventually sold out of the service in 1843.^[1]

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