HMS Clarence (1812)

HMS Clarence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 April 1812 at Turnchapel.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Clarence.

Clarence
History
UK
Name: HMS Clarence
Ordered: 13 July 1807
Builder: Blackburn, Turnchapel
Laid down: November 1807
Launched: 11 April 1812
Fate: Broken up, 1828
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1749 (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:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 3-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Clarence was among a number of vessels that shared in the proceeds of the recapture of Wolf's Cove on 1 December 1813.[Note 1]

In 1826 Clarence was re-rated as a fourth rate, and was broken up in 1828.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. A first-class share of the salvage money was worth £65 6s 3d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 6s 11¼d.[2]

Citations

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. "No. 16943". The London Gazette. 8 October 1814. p. 2009.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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