HMS Cornwall (1812)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Cornwall.

History

UK
Name:	HMS Cornwall
Ordered:	13 July 1807
Builder:	Barnard, Deptford
Laid down:	February 1808
Launched:	16 January 1812
Renamed:	HMS Wellesley, 1868
Fate:	Broken up, 1875
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1751 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 Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 January 1812 at Deptford.^[1] She served in the English Channel in the Napoleonic Wars.

In 1831 she was razeed to a 50-gun ship, though never saw active service again.

In 1859 she was loaned to the London Association for use as a juvenile reformatory school. In 1868 she was renamed Wellesley and moved to the Tyne to serve as a school ship. She was broken up at Sheerness in 1875.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, The Ship of the Line vol. 1, p. 188.

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.

Vengeur-class ships of the line

Ajax Berwick Rodney Poictiers Vigo Cressy Egmont Armada America Vengeur Conquestador Edinburgh Barham Hogue Duncan Asia Stirling Castle Mulgrave Cornwall Dublin Gloucester Scarborough Clarence Anson Pembroke Rippon Devonshire Medway Indus Benbow Cornwallis Blenheim Vindictive Redoubtable Defence Hercules Pitt Hero Agincourt Russell

Preceded by: Swiftsure class Followed by: Black Prince class

List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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