HMS Victorious (1808)

HMS Victorious
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Victorious
Ordered	21 December 1803
Builder	Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	February 1805
Launched	20 October 1808
Fate	Sold, 1862
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Swiftsure-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	17246⁄94 (bm)
Length	173 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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 Victorious was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Bucklers Hard on 20 October 1808, five years after the previous HMS Victorious had been broken up.^[1]