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]

Launch of the Clarence, at Blackburn's Dock Yard, Turnchapel, near Plymouth, by John Rogers
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Clarence.

Clarence
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Clarence
Ordered13 July 1807
BuilderBlackburn, Turnchapel
Laid downNovember 1807
Launched11 April 1812
FateBroken up, 1828
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1749 (bm)
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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 Wolfe's Cove on 1 December 1813.[lower-alpha 1]

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

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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