HMS Blake (1808)

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Name: HMS Blake
Ordered: 30 October 1805
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: April 1806
Launched: 23 August 1808
Fate: Sold, 1816
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Courageux-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1822 tons (1851.2 tonnes)
Length: 180 ft (55 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 48 ft 0.75 in (14.649 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 10 in (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
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Blake.

HMS Blake was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 August 1808 at Deptford.

From 1814 she served as a prison ship, and in 1816 Blake was sold out of the navy.

[edit] 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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