HMS Armada (1810)

Armada
History
United Kingdom
Name	Armada
Ordered	21 October 1806
Builder	Blackburn, Turnchapel
Laid down	February 1807
Launched	23 March 1810
Fate	Sold, 1863
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1749 34⁄94 (bm)
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck); 145 ft (44.2 m) (keel)
Beam	47 ft 7+1⁄2 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Armada was a Royal Navy 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, launched in 1810. She was the first ship to carry the name. After a relatively undistinguished career, Armada was sold out of the Navy in 1863 and broken up at Marshall's ship breaking yard in Plymouth.^[1]