HMS Clarence (1827)

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Name: HMS Clarence
Ordered: 27 May 1819
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: August 1824
Launched: 25 July 1827
Fate: Burnt, 1884
General characteristics
Class and type: Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2288 tons (2324.7 tonnes)
Length: 193 ft 10 in (59.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 4.5 in (15.96 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

84 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Clarence.

HMS Clarence was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard.

From 1822 she served as a training ship, and she was destroyed by fire in 1884.

[edit] 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.
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