HMS Valiant (1759)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Valiant
Ordered: 21 May 1757
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Launched: 10 August 1759
Fate: Broken up, 1826
Notes: Harbour service from 1799
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Valiant-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1799 tons (1827.9 tonnes)
Length: 172 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 49 ft 8 in (15.1 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 5 in (6.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Valiant was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 August 1759 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

In 1799 she was placed on harbour service, and was eventually broken up in 1826.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p176.

  • 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.
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