&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Experiment_4th_rate_50_guns_1775_by_Joseph_Marshall_LW_SCMU_1864_0007_0001.jpg) Painting of a model of Experiment, by Joseph Marshall
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Experiment |
| Builder | Deptford [1] |
| Laid down | December 1772 [1] |
| Launched | 23 August 1774 [1] |
   France | |
| Name | Experiment |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1779 [1] |
| Captured | 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 50-gun ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 700 tonnes [1] |
| Length | 44.2 metres [1] |
| Beam | 11.7 metres [1] |
| Draught | 7.5 metres [1] |
| Armament | 44 to 50 guns [1] |
Experiment was a 50-gun ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. Captured by Sagittaire during the War of American Independence, she was recommissioned in the French Navy, where she served into the 1800s.[1]