HMS Dublin (1812)

Plan drawing of Dublin
History
United Kingdom
NameDublin
Ordered31 July 1807
BuilderSamuel & Daniel Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid downMay 1809
Launched13 February 1812
CommissionedAugust 1812
FateSold for scrap, July 1885
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,766 (bm)
Length176 ft 3 in (53.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 10 in (14.6 m)
Draught17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Dublin was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1812, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

Dublin shared the proceeds of the capture on 17 July 1813 of Union with Abercrombie.[a]

On 19 December 1812 HMS Rolla recaptured the whaler Frederick. Rolla shared the salvage money for Frederick with Dublin and Inconstant.[2]

In 1826 Dublin was reduced to a 40-gun ship. She became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet from 1835 to 1838, and Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), from 1841 to 1845.[3]

Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £7 19s 2¾d; a sixth-class share was worth 11½d.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ "No. 17025". The London Gazette. 17 June 1815. p. 1171.
  2. ^ "No. 16749". The London Gazette. 3 July 1813. p. 1316.
  3. ^ "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Dublin". Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ Lavery, p. 188

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
  • Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.