Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
History United Kingdom Name HMS Clarence Ordered 27 May 1819 Builder Pembroke Dockyard Laid down August 1824 Launched 25 July 1827 Fate Burnt, 17 January 1884 at Liverpool General characteristics [ 1] Class and type Canopus -classship of the line Tons burthen 2288 bm Length 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) Beam 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) Depth of hold 22 ft 6 in (6.86 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
HMS Clarence was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 25 July 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard .[ 1] HMS Goliath but renamed in 1826 prior to completion.
In 1872 she was lent to the Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association for use as a boys reformatory ship , but was destroyed by a fire set by six of the boys whilst at her mooring in the Mersey in 1884.[ 2]
Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association was lent a replacement in 1885 called HMS Royal William (1833) , a 120 gun first-rate ship reduced to a 72-gun screw ship in 1860. Renamed Clarence , she was ultimately also destroyed in the Mersey by arson on 26 July 1899.[ 3]
Notes
^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 190.
^ Gossett (1986), p.122.
^ "A Reformatory Ship Destroyed By Fire". The Times (35892): Col A, p. 6. 27 July 1899.
References
Gossett, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900 . Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6 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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