HMS Talavera (1818)

History

UK
Name:	HMS Talavera
Ordered:	15 February 1814
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	July 1814
Launched:	15 October 1818
Fate:	Burnt, 1840
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1718 bm
Length:	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Talavera was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 October 1818 at Woolwich Dockyard.^[1] She was named for the British/Spanish victory at the Battle of Talavera.

She was destroyed by fire in 1840.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.

References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

Repulse-class ships of the line

Sceptre Repulse Eagle Magnificent Valiant Elizabeth Cumberland Venerable Talavera Malabar Belleisle

Preceded by: Fame class Followed by: Swiftsure class List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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