HMS Talavera (1818)
Talavera | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Talavera |
| Namesake | Battle of Talavera |
| Ordered | 28 January 1814 |
| Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down | July 1814 |
| Launched | 15 October 1818 |
| Completed | 7 September 1819 |
| Commissioned | 15 September 1829 |
| Decommissioned | 3 January 1840 |
| Renamed | From Thunderer, 23 July 1817 |
| Fate | Burnt, 27 September 1840 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,718 18⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 48 ft 3 in (14.7 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Talavera was a 74-gun third-rate Repulse-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. Completed in 1819, she was in ordinary until 1829 when she was commissioned for service as a guard ship.