HMS Excellent (1787)

HMS Excellent was a 74-gun third rate Arrogant-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1780s. Completed in 1787, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. She was under repair from 1812 to 1814 and was placed in ordinary upon their completion. The ship was ordered to be razeed into a 58-gun fourth-rate frigate in 1820, but the work did not begin until 1825 and was never completed. Excellent served as a receiving ship from 1825 to 1830 when she was hulked as a gunnery training ship. The ship was broken up in 1835.