HMS Valiant (1759)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Valiant.

Valiant
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Valiant
Ordered	21 May 1757
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Launched	10 August 1759
Fate	Broken up, 1826
Notes	Harbour service from 1799
General characteristics
Class and type	Valiant-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1799 (bm)
Beam	49 ft 8 in (15.14 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns QD: 10 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

Perspective (bow) View of the Valiant Man of War (ship model)

HMS Valiant was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, modelled on the captured French ship Invincible and launched on 1 August 1759 at Chatham Dockyard. Her construction, launch and fitting-out are the theme of the 'Wooden Walls' visitor experience at Chatham Historic Dockyard. She served under Augustus Keppel during the Seven Years' War, and was with him at the Capture of Havana, in 1763.

She took part in the action of 4 January 1781.

Valiant taking the French Cato and Jason on 19 April 1782, in the Mona Passage, near the west end of Porto Rico

In 1782 she was under George Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes.

Valiant also served under Admiral Prince William in 1789 and fought at the Glorious First of June in 1794. In 1798 she captured the French privateer corvette Magicienne. In 1799 she was placed on harbour service, and was eventually broken up in 1827.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

• Media related to HMS Valiant (ship, 1759) at Wikimedia Commons