HMS Scarborough (1812)
Plan view of Scarborough | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Scarborough |
| Ordered | 13 July 1807 |
| Builder | Joseph Graham, Harwich |
| Laid down | January 1808 |
| Launched | 29 March 1812 |
| Commissioned | February 1813 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 3 September 1836 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,745 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 8 in (14.5 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Scarborough 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 1813, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.
Scarborough was sold out of the Navy in 1836.[1]
Notes
- ^ Lavery, p. 189
References
- 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.