HMS Redoubtable (1815)

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Redoubtable
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Redoubtable
Ordered29 December 1806
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downApril 1809
Launched26 January 1815
FateBroken up, 1841
General characteristics [1]
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1759 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Redoubtable was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 January 1815 at Woolwich.[1]

Redoubtable was broken up in 1841.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.

References

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