HMS Gloucester (1812)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Gloucester.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Gloucester
Ordered: 11 June 1808
Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet
Launched: 27 February 1812
Fate: Sold, 1884
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:1770 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 Gloucester was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1812 at Northfleet.[1]

She was reduced to a 50-gun ship in 1832, and was sold out of the Navy in 1884.[1]

Crew

Her commanders included Captain Sir Murray Maxwell who commanded her in 1823.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.

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.