HMS Magnificent (1806)

A painting of Magnificient in a storm
History
United Kingdom
NameMagnificent
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderPerry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid downApril 1805
Launched30 August 1806
CommissionedSeptember 1806
FateSold, 1843
General characteristics
Class & typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,732 394 (bm)
Length174 ft 2 in (53.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 8 in (14.5 m)
Draught18 ft 3 in (5.6 m) (light)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Magnificent was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1806, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.