HMS Magnanime (1748)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Magnanime.
Le Magnanime was originally a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy launched in 1744 at Rochefort. Captured on 12 January 1748, she was taken into Royal Navy service as the third rate HMS Magnanime. She played a major part in the 1757 Rochefort expedition, helping to silence the batteries on the Isle of Aix, and served at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759 under Lord Howe, where she forced the surrender of the French 74-gun Héros. Following a survey in 1770, she was deemed unseaworthy and was broken up in 1775.
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Name | Le Magnanime |
Builder | Rochefort Dockyard |
Laid down | May 1741 |
Launched | 22 November 1744 |
Captured | 31 January 1748 by the Royal Navy |
Great Britain | |
Name | Magnanime |
Acquired | 31 January 1748 |
Fate | Broken up in 1775 |
General characteristics (as re-measured following her capture) | |
Class and type | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,823 45⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 49 ft 4.5 in (15.050 m) |
Depth | 21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 650 |
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General characteristics (as re-armed by the British in 1755) | |
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