''Magnanime'' was a 74-gun

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

of the French Navy. Her keel was laid in June 1802, and she was launched in Rochefort on 18 August 1803. HMS Calcutta 1806

She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain

Pierre-Francois Violette Pierre-Francois Violette (November 1759 - October 1836) was a French naval captain who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a small commune in the Somme department of France, so ...

. On 26 September 1805, flanked by , she attacked and captured . She was decommissioned in 1816.

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