HMS Stirling Castle (1811)
HMS Stirling Castle in 1780 entering Cork Harbour, by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Stirling Castle |
| Ordered | 12 August 1807 |
| Builder | Mary Ross, Rochester |
| Laid down | July 1808 |
| Launched | 31 December 1811 |
| Commissioned | March 1812 |
| Fate | Broken up, 6 September 1861 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,774 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft 5 in (53.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 11 in (14.6 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Stirling Castle 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.
Stirling Castle was in company with HMS Cormorant on 11 June 1813. Stirling Castle was sailing to the East Indies and Cormorant was sailing to the Cape of Good Hope. On the way, on 11 June, they boarded Ainsley, Brown, master, which was returning to Liverpool from Africa.[1]
Stirling Castle became a prison ship in 1839, and was broken up in 1861.[2]
Citations
- ^ Lloyd's List №4791.
- ^ Lavery, p. 188
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 (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.