HMS Bulwark (1807)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bulwark.

HMS Bulwark (centre left) as a hulk in Portsmouth in 1826
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bulwark
Ordered6 November 1794
BuilderMaster shipwright Nicholas Diddams, Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid downApril 1804
Launched23 April 1807
FateBroken up, 1825
General characteristics [1]
Class and type74-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,93980⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 181 ft 10 in (55.4 m) (gundeck);
  • 150 ft 4+1⁄4 in (45.8 m) (keel)
Beam49 ft 3 in (15.0 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 7 in (6.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Bulwark was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1807 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the large class 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught. She was built at Portsmouth Dockyard by Nicholas Diddams.

As a large 74, she carried 24-pounder guns on her upper gun deck instead of the 18 pounders found on the middling and common class 74s.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 184.