HMS Magnificent (1766)

HMS Magnificent was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Adam Hayes launched on 20 September 1766 at Deptford Dockyard.

The French ships were in bad order; their crews were excessively weak; and thus they could not escape the vastly superior British force.

[citation needed] Magnificent came under the command of Captain John Giffard on 23 February 1801 upon his transfer from HMS Active.

On the following day, HMS Magnificent, which was anchored in Prince Rupert's Bay under Captain John Giffard's command[2] sent a party of marines ashore to restore order.

Shots were returned, followed by a bayonet charge that broke their ranks and a close range fire fight ensued.

The capture of the 32-gun French frigate Amiable and the corvette Ceres after their encounter with Sir Samuel Hood in the Barfleur , with the Valiant and the Magnificent , in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782