HMS Magnanime (1748)

HMS Magnanime

Magnanime
History
France
Name	Le Magnanime
Namesake	French: "magnanimous"
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)
Length	173 ft 7 in (52.91 m) (gundeck) 140 ft 7.5 in (42.863 m) (keel)
Beam	49 ft 4.5 in (15.050 m)
Depth	21 ft 7 in (6.58 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	650
Armament	Lowerdeck: 28 × 32 pdr (15 kg) Upper deck: 30 × 18 pdr (8.2 kg) Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg) Forecastle: 6 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg)
General characteristics (as re-armed by the British in 1755)
Armament	Lowerdeck: 28 × 32 pdr (15 kg) Upper deck: 30 × 24 pdr (11 kg) Quarterdeck: 10 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg) Forecastle: 6 × 9 pdr (4.1 kg)

Le Magnanime [ma.ɲa.nim] 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.