HMS York (1807)

HMS York in Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour at Fort Blockhouse with convicts going on board, by Edward William Cooke
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS York
Ordered	31 January 1805
Builder	Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	August 1805
Launched	7 July 1807
Fate	Broken up, 1854
Notes	Prison ship from 1819
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1743 (bm)
Length	175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS York was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe by the contract firm Samuel & Daniel Brent, and launched on 7 July 1807.^[1] She saw service during the Napoleonic Wars, though is best known for her time spent as a prison ship.^{[citation needed]} She was broken up in March 1854.^[1]