HMS Venerable (1808)

	Venerable (left) at the action of 16 January 1814
History
United Kingdom
Name	Venerable
Ordered	31 January 1805
Builder	Pitcher, Northfleet
Laid down	December 1805
Launched	12 April 1808
Commissioned	May 1808
Decommissioned	1815
Reclassified	As a church ship, October 1825
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp; "Venerable 16 Jany. 1814";
Fate	Broken up, October 1838
General characteristics
Class & type	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,715 61⁄94 (bm)
Length	171 ft 2 in (52.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 5 in (14.5 m)
Draught	17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns; Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns; Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdr guns + 12 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades;

HMS Venerable 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 1808, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars participating in the Walcheren Campaign in 1809. The ship often served as a flagship.