HMS Valiant (1807)

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

HMS Malabar (left), a sister ship of Valiant
History
United Kingdom
NameValiant
Ordered24 January 1805
BuilderPerry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid downApril 1805
Launched24 January 1807
CommissionedMarch 1807
DecommissionedAugust–September 1815
FateBroken up, 1823
General characteristics
Class & typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,718 31⁄94 (bm)
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.4 m)
Draught17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Valiant 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 1807, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

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