HMS Gloucester (1812)
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 The hulk Gloucester and HMS Volage at Chatham, sometime from 1861 to 1884 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gloucester |
| Ordered | 11 June 1808 |
| Builder | Pitcher, Northfleet |
| Launched | 27 February 1812 |
| Fate | Sold, 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 17706⁄94 bm |
| Length | 176 ft 3.5 in (53.7 m) (Gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 10.5 in (14.6 m) |
| Draught | 17 feet 5.5 inches (5.3 m) (deep load) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Gloucester was a 74-gun, third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars and was cut down into a 50-gun fourth rate frigate in 1831–1832. The ship was converted into a receiving ship and broken up in 1884.
Gloucester had a length at the gundeck of 176 feet 3.5 inches (53.7 m) and 145 feet 2 inches (44.2 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 47 feet 10.5 inches (14.6 m), a draught of 17 feet 5.5 inches (5.3 m) at deep load, and a depth of hold of 21 feet (6.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 1770 6⁄94 tons burthen. Gloucester was armed with twenty-eight 32-pounder cannon on her main gundeck, twenty-eight 18-pounder cannon on her upper gundeck, four 12-pounder cannon and ten 32-pounder carronades the quarterdeck, two more pairs of 12-pounder guns and 32-pounder carronades on the forecastle, and six 18-pounder carronades on the poop deck. The ship had a crew of 590 officers and ratings.[1]