HMS Cambridge is shown after taking part in the Syrian operations of 1840 against Mehmet Ali, battered by the severe storm that raged in this area.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cambridge |
Ordered | 16 July 1810 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | December 1811 |
Launched | 23 June 1815 |
Fate | Broken up, 1869 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2139 bm |
Length | 187 ft 2.25 in (57.0548 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 50 ft 11.5 in (15.532 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Cambridge was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 June 1815 at Deptford Dockyard. She was built to the lines of the Danish ship Christian VII, which had been captured in 1807 at the Second Battle of Copenhagen.[1]