HMS Gloucester (1812)

Name:	HMS Gloucester
Ordered:	11 June 1808
Builder:	Pitcher, Northfleet
Launched:	27 February 1812
Fate:	Sold, 1884
General characteristics
Class and type:	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1770 bm
Length:	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades;

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Gloucester.

HMS Gloucester was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1812 at Northfleet.^[1]

She was reduced to a 50-gun ship in 1832, and was sold out of the Navy in 1884.^[1]

Crew

Her commanders included Captain Sir Murray Maxwell who commanded her in 1823.

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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Career (UK)

Name:	HMS Gloucester
Ordered:	11 June 1808
Builder:	Pitcher, Northfleet
Launched:	27 February 1812
Fate:	Sold, 1884
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1770 bm
Length:	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades