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. Russell
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Russell
Builder	Deptford Dockyard, England
Laid down	August 1814
Launched	22 May 1822
Fate	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1751 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Russell was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 May 1822 at Deptford.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.

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