HMS Clarence (1812)

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

Plan drawing of Clarence
History
United Kingdom
Name	Clarence
Ordered	13 July 1807
Builder	Isaac Blackburn, Turnchapel
Laid down	November 1807
Launched	11 April 1812
Commissioned	July 1812
Fate	Broken up, October 1828
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,749 (bm)
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 7 in (14.5 m)
Draught	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Clarence was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1812, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

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. ^[2]

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. ^[1]

Citations

1. "No. 16943". The London Gazette . 8 October 1814. p. 2009.
2. Lavery, p. 189

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-84415-717-4.