HMS Rochfort

HMS Rochfort was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 August 1814 at Milford Haven. She was designed by the French émigré Jean-Louis Barrallier, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1] A second ship, Sandwich, was cancelled in 1811 before construction could be completed.[2]

Rochfort during the internment of Sir Thomas Freemantle on 22 December 1819, at Baia Bay, Naples
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Rochfort
Ordered1 June 1809
BuilderJacobs, Milford Haven
Laid downAugust 1809
Launched6 August 1814
FateBroken up, 1826
General characteristics [1]
Class and type74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2082 bm
Length192 ft 8.5 in (58.738 m) (gundeck)
Beam49 ft 4.5 in (15.050 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
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Lloyd's List reported in May 1817 that the Revenue cutter stork and Rochefort's tender "Cornelian" had recaptured the ship Catherina, of and from Hamburg for Lisbon, and the galiot Catherina, of Oldenborg from Antwerp for Havre, which a Tunesian schooner had captured on 27 May. The British also captured the schooner and brought all three vessels into Dover.[3]

Rochefort, off Malta, 1822, by Nicolas Cammillieri

Fate

Rochfort was broken up in 1826.[1]

Citations
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.
  2. Winfield (2008), p. 50.
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5181. 30 May 1817. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005778173. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-78346-926-0.


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