HMS Dublin (1812)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dublin.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Dublin
Ordered: 31 July 1807
Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down: May 1809
Launched: 13 February 1812
Fate: Sold, 1885
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:1772 bm
Length:176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam:47 ft 6 in (14.48 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.[1]

In 1826 she was reduced to a 40-gun ship. She became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet from 1835 to 1838, and Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), from 1841 to 1845.[2]

Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
  2. ↑ "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Dublin". Retrieved 2010-02-21.

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.