Vengeur-class ship of the line
HMS Clarence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 April 1812 at Turnchapel.[1]
Launch of the Clarence, at Blackburn's Dock Yard, Turnchapel, near Plymouth, by John RogersClarence was among a number of vessels that shared in the proceeds of the recapture of Wolfe's Cove on 1 December 1813.[a]
In 1826 Clarence was re-rated as a fourth rate. She was broken up in 1828.[1]
Notes
- ^ A first-class share of the salvage money was worth £65 6s 3d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 6s 11¼d.[2]
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 189.
- ^ "No. 16943". The London Gazette. 8 October 1814. p. 2009.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
