HMS Clarence (1827)
History | |
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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-class ship 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 |
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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]
She was lent to the Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association for use as a boys reformatory ship and was destroyed by a fire set by 6 of the boys whilst at her mooring in the Mersey in 1884.[2]
Notes
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.