HMS Dublin (1812)

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

Dublin
History
United Kingdom
Name	Dublin
Ordered	31 July 1807
Builder	Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1809
Launched	13 February 1812
Fate	Sold, 1885
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1772 bm
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 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 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1812 at Rotherhithe. ^[1]

Dublin shared the proceeds of the capture on 17 July 1813 of Union with Abercrombie. ^[a]

On 19 December 1812 HMS Rolla recaptured the whaler Frederick. Rolla shared the salvage money for Frederick with Dublin and Inconstant. ^[3]

A ball given on board by Admiral Hamond in 1835, painting by Emeric Essex Vidal

In 1826 Dublin was reduced to a 40-gun ship. She became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet from 1835 to 1838, and Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), from 1841 to 1845. ^[4]

Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885. ^[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £7 19s 2¾d; a sixth-class share was worth 11½d. ^[2]

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
2. "No. 17025". The London Gazette . 17 June 1815. p. 1171.
3. "No. 16749". The London Gazette . 3 July 1813. p. 1316.
4. "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Dublin" . Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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 (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-169-4.