HMS Barham (1811)

	HMS Barham (as a 50-gun ship) at Malta on 25 September 1833
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Barham
Ordered	2 November 1807
Builder	Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1808
Launched	8 July 1811
Fate	Rescued in Bonaire 1829, Broken up, 1839
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1761 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders; Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades; Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades;

HMS Barham was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, launched on 8 July 1811 at Blackwall Yard.^[1]

In 1826 Barham was reduced to a 50-gun ship. On 29 April 1829 she suffered severe damage when she ran aground off Bonaire; she was refloated on 30 April 1829 after her crew threw 37 cannon overboard.^[2] She was broken up in 1839.^[1]

Notable crew[]

Midshipman Francis Edward Bigge, a pioneer in Queensland, Australia
Commander John William Spranger
Commander Baldwin Wake Walker

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
^ "HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BARHAM". The Times (13956). London. 3 July 1829. col B, p. 3.

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.
Douvry, Olivier (2012) Shipwrecks of Bonaire, the warship HMS Barham wasn’t wrecked at Red Slave., GlobeDivers.org.

External links[]

Media related to HMS Barham (1811) at Wikimedia Commons

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p188-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.

[2] "HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BARHAM". The Times (13956). London. 3 July 1829. col B, p. 3.

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v t Vengeur-class ships of the line
Ajax Berwick Rodney Poictiers Vigo Cressy Egmont Armada America Vengeur Conquestador Edinburgh Barham La Hogue Duncan Asia Stirling Castle Mulgrave Cornwall Dublin Gloucester Scarborough Clarence Anson Pembroke Rippon Devonshire Medway Indus Benbow Cornwallis Blenheim Vindictive Redoubtable Defence Hercules Pitt Wellington Agincourt Russell
Preceded by: Swiftsure class Followed by: Black Prince class
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1829
Shipwrecks	29 Jan: Agincourt 13 Feb: Woodford 20 Apr: Potton 29 Apr: HMS Barham 18 May: Governor Ready 4 Jun: USS Fulton June (unknown date): Timandra 19 Jul: Phoenix 3 Aug: Milford 29 Sep: USS Hornet 12 Oct: Britannia 16 Oct: Dolphin 3 Dec: HMS Success 4 Dec: Sir James Henry Craig 21 Dec: HMS Pelorus Unknown date: Cyprus
Other incidents	14 May: Mercury 5 Sep: Cyprus (mutiny) 7 Sep: Vittoria 26 Oct: Indian Trader 29 Oct: Conquérant
1828 1830

History
HMS Barham (as a 50-gun ship) at Malta on 25 September 1833
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Barham
Ordered	2 November 1807
Builder	Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard
Laid down	June 1808
Launched	8 July 1811
Fate	Rescued in Bonaire 1829, Broken up, 1839
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1761 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades