HMS Marlborough (1807)

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

Marlborough
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Marlborough
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downAugust 1805
Launched22 June 1807
FateBroken up, 1835
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1754 bm
Length175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1807 at Deptford.[1] In 1807, she helped escort the Portuguese royal family in its flight from Portugal to Brazil. In 1812 Marlborough became the flagship to Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn off Cadiz, from where she went to the North America Station and took part in the capture of Washington in August 1814.[2]

Marlborough was laid up in Ordinary at Portsmouth from 1816 and broken up there in July 1835.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
  2. ^ a b Winfield, British Warships.

References

  • Hannings, Bud. (2012). The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6385-5
  • 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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.


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