HMS Dublin (1812)

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Name: HMS Dublin
Ordered: 31 July 1807
Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down: May 1809
Launched: 13 February 1812
Fate: Sold, 1885
General characteristics
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1772 tons (1800.4 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 Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1812 at Rotherhithe.

In 1826 she was reduced to a 40-gun ship, and Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.

[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.