HMS Scarborough (1812)

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Scarborough
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Scarborough
Ordered13 July 1807
BuilderGraham, Harwich
Laid downJanuary 1808
Launched29 March 1812
FateSold, 1836
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1745 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
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 Scarborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 March 1812 at Harwich. [1]

Scarborough was sold out of the Navy in 1836. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.

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