HMS Cambridge (1815)

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.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Cambridge
Ordered16 July 1810
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downDecember 1811
Launched23 June 1815
FateBroken up, 1869
General characteristics [1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2139 bm
Length187 ft 2.25 in (57.0548 m) (gundeck)
Beam50 ft 11.5 in (15.532 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 7 in (6.58 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 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 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]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 187.