HMS Clarence
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clarence:
- The first Clarence, launched in 1812, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, renamed HMS Centurion in 1826, broken up in 1828.
- The second Clarence, launched in 1827, was a 84-gun second-rate ship of the line originally called HMS Goliath, made a training ship in 1872 and accidentally burnt in 1884 in the River Mersey.
- The third Clarence, originally a 120 first-rate ship of the line called HMS Royal William launched in 1833, reduced to a 72-gun screw ship in 1860, renamed to Clarence in 1885 and used as a training ship. Accidentally burnt in 1899 in the River Mersey.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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