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Magnificent, 1766
Type: 3rd Rate ; Armament 74
Launched : 1766 ; Disposal date or year : 25 Mar 1804
Disposal Details : Wrecked near the Pierres Noires, in the environs of Brest: crew saved, but 86 made prisoners. Captain William Henry Jervis
Notes:

25 Apr 1799 cruising off Brest.

Circa late Jun 1799 arrived in the Tagus from the Channel Squadron to take a convoy and prizes to the England.

12 Oct 1800 the Montague, Magnificent, and Lord Nelson Cutter captured 8 small French Vessels.

21 Oct 1800 the Montague, Magnificent, Marlborough, and Lord Nelson Cutler captured 1 small French Vessel, marked Letter F.