HMS Armada (1810)

Armada
History
United Kingdom
NameArmada
Ordered20 October 1806
BuilderIsaac Blackburn, Turnchapel
Laid downFebruary 1807
Launched22 March 1810
CommissionedAugust 1810
FateSold, 1863
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,749 3494 (bm)
Length176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 7 in (14.5 m)
Draught17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) (light)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Armada was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1810, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars. She was the first ship to carry the name. After a relatively undistinguished career, Armada was sold out of the Navy in 1863 and broken up at Marshall's ship breaking yard in Plymouth.