HMS Invincible (1808)

{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}

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|Ship country=United Kingdom

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|Ship name=HMS Invincible

|Ship ordered=25 June 1801

|Ship builder=Woolwich Dockyard

|Ship laid down=1 January 1806

|Ship launched=15 March 1808

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|Ship fate=Broken up, 1861

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|Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 185.

|Ship class={{sclass|Ganges|ship of the line|3}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

|Ship tons burthen=1673 {{fraction|62|94}} (bm)

|Ship length={{convert|169|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)

|Ship beam={{convert|47|ft|8.5|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship hold depth={{convert|20|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship

|Ship propulsion=Sails

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|Ship armament=*74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

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HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1808 at Woolwich.

She was employed as a coal hulk from 1857, and was broken up in 1861.

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References

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  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.

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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy

Category:Ganges-class ships of the line

Category:Coal hulks

Category:1808 ships

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