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.
[1] 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,[1] and was with him at the Capture of Havana, in 1763.
[1] Valiant also served under Admiral Prince William in 1789 and fought at the Glorious First of June in 1794.
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