HMS Clarence (1812)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Clarence.

Clarence
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Clarence
Ordered	13 July 1807
Builder	Blackburn, Turnchapel
Laid down	November 1807
Launched	11 April 1812
Fate	Broken up, 1828
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1749 (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	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 3-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Clarence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 April 1812 at Turnchapel.[1]

Launch of the Clarence, at Blackburn's Dock Yard, Turnchapel, near Plymouth, by John Rogers

Clarence was among a number of vessels that shared in the proceeds of the recapture of Wolfe's Cove on 1 December 1813.[a]

In 1826 Clarence was re-rated as a fourth rate. She was broken up in 1828.[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the salvage money was worth £65 6s 3d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 6s 11¼d.[2]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 189.
2. "No. 16943". The London Gazette. 8 October 1814. p. 2009.

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.