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HMS Marlborough (1807)

History
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Name: HMS Marlborough
Ordered: 31 January 1805
Builder: Barnard, Deptford
Laid down: August 1805
Launched: 22 June 1807
Fate: Broken up, 1835
General characteristics
Class and type: Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1754 bm
Length: 175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 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: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1807 at Deptford. In 1808, she helped escort the Portuguese royal family in its flight from Portugal to Brazil.

Marlborough was broken up in 1835.



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