HMS Gloucester (1812)

The hulk Gloucester and HMS Volage at Chatham, sometime from 1861 to 1884
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Gloucester
Ordered11 June 1808
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet
Launched27 February 1812
FateSold, 1884
General characteristics
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1770694 bm
Length176 ft 3.5 in (53.7 m) (Gundeck)
Beam47 ft 10.5 in (14.6 m)
Draught17 feet 5.5 inches (5.3 m) (deep load)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdr cannon
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pdr cannon
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pdr cannon, 10 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pdr cannon, 2 × 32-pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pdr carronades

HMS Gloucester was a 74-gun, third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars and was cut down into a 50-gun fourth rate frigate in 1831–32. The ship was converted into a receiving ship and broken up in 1884.