HMS Marlborough (1807)

HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1807 at Deptford. In 1807, she helped escort the Portuguese royal family in its flight from Portugal to Brazil. In 1812 Marlborough became the flagship to Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn off Cadiz, from where she went to the North America Station and took part in the capture of Washington in August 1814.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Marlborough.

Marlborough
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Marlborough
Ordered31 January 1805
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downAugust 1805
Launched22 June 1807
FateBroken up, 1835
General characteristics
Class and typeFame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1754 bm
Length175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

Marlborough was laid up in Ordinary at Portsmouth from 1816 and broken up there in July 1835.

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