HMS Invincible (1808)

HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1808 at Woolwich.[1]

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

History
UK
Name: HMS Invincible
Ordered: 25 June 1801
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down: 1 January 1806
Launched: 15 March 1808
Fate: Broken up, 1861
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Ganges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1673 ​62⁄94 (bm)
Length: 169 ft 6 in (51.66 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 8.5 in (14.542 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

She was employed as a coal hulk from 1857, and was broken up in 1861.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.

References
  • 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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