HMS Blenheim (1813)

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Name: HMS Blenheim
Ordered: 4 January 1808
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Laid down: August 1808
Launched: 31 May 1813
Fate: Broken up, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1747 tons (1775 tonnes)
Length: 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.5 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 Blenheim was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 May 1813 at Deptford.

She was placed on harbour service in 1831, and eventually broken up in 1865.

[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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