HMS Bulwark (1807)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Bulwark.
HMS Bulwark (centre left) as a hulk in Portsmouth in 1826
History
UK
Name: HMS Bulwark
Ordered: 6 November 1794
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: April 1804
Launched: 23 April 1807
Fate: Broken up, 1825
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1939 80⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 181 ft 10 in (55.42 m) (gundeck);
  • 150 ft 4 1⁄4 in (45.828 m) (keel)
Beam: 49 ft 3 in (15.01 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Bulwark was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1807 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the large class 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught. As a large 74, she carried 24-pounder guns on her upper gun deck instead of the 18-pounders found on the middling and common class 74s.[1]

Bulwark was broken up in 1825.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 184.

References

  • Hannings, Bud. (2012). The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6385-5
  • 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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