French ship Experiment

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

Painting of a model of Experiment, by Joseph Marshall
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Experiment
BuilderDeptford
Laid downDecember 1772
Launched23 August 1774
France
NameExperiment
Commissioned24 September 1779
Captured1805
General characteristics
Type50-gun ship of the line
Displacement1,400 tonneaux
Tons burthen700 port tonneaux
Length44.2 metres
Beam11.7 metres
Draught7.5 metres
Armament44 to 50 guns

HMS Experiment was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Captured by Sagittaire during the American Revolutionary War, she was recommissioned in the French Navy, where she served into the 1800s.

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