HMS Dublin (1812)
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Name: | HMS Dublin |
Ordered: | 31 July 1807 |
Builder: | Brent, Rotherhithe |
Laid down: | May 1809 |
Launched: | 13 February 1812 |
Fate: | Sold, 1885 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1772 tons (1800.4 tonnes) |
Length: | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 47 ft 6 in (14.5 m) |
Depth of hold: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
74 guns:
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HMS Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1812 at Rotherhithe.
In 1826 she was reduced to a 40-gun ship, and Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.
[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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