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HMS Rochfort (1814)

History
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Name: HMS Rochfort
Ordered: 1 June 1809
Builder: Jacobs, Milford Haven
Laid down: August 1809
Launched: 6 August 1814
Fate: Broken up, 1826
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2082 bm
Length: 192 ft 8.5 in (58.738 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 49 ft 4.5 in (15.050 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

HMS Rochfort was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 August 1814 at Milford Haven. She was designed by the French émigré Jean-Louis Barrallier, and was the only ship built to her draught.

Rochfort was broken up in 1826.



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