HMS Devonshire (1812)

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

Devonshire
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Devonshire
Ordered28 May 1808
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downOctober 1810
Launched23 September 1812
FateBroken up, 1869
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1742 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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 Devonshire was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 September 1812 at Deptford.[1]

The Devonshire prison-ship, at Sheerness in 1854, holding Russian prisoners of war

She was placed on harbour service in 1849, and was broken up in 1869.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.