HMS Invincible (1747)

50°44′34″N 01°02′23″W / 50.74278°N 1.03972°W / 50.74278; -1.03972

Invincible
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameInvincible
BuilderRochefort
Laid downMay 1741
Launched21 October 1744
Captured3 May 1747, by Royal Navy
Notes
Great Britain
NameHMS Invincible
Acquired3 May 1747
FateWrecked, 1758
General characteristics (as re-measured by the British following her capture)
Tons burthen1,793 tons
Length171 ft 3 in (52.20 m) (gun deck length)
Beam49 ft 3 in (15.01 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
PropulsionSails
Armament74 guns of various weights of shot

Invincible was originally a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy launched in October 1744. Captured on 14 May 1747, she was taken into Royal Navy service as the third rate HMS Invincible. She was wrecked in 1758 after hitting a sandbank. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.