HMS Clarence (1827)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Clarence
Ordered	27 May 1819
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	August 1824
Launched	25 July 1827
Fate	Burnt, 17 January 1884 at Liverpool
General characteristics
Class and type	Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2288 bm
Length	193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam	52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	84 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades;

HMS Clarence was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard.^[1]

She was lent to the for use as a boys and was destroyed by a fire set by 6 of the boys whilst at her mooring in the Mersey in 1884.^[2]

First boat race on the Mersey between cadets of HM Ships Conway (on the right) and Worcester, London, on 11 June 1891. Clarence is the ship in the centre of the picture, furthest away.

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 190.
^ Gossett (1986), p.122.

References[]

Gossett, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
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.

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[Lavery,_SoLv1_p190-1] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 190.

[Gossett-2] Gossett (1986), p.122.

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v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1884
Shipwrecks	17 Jan: Clarence 18 Jan: City of Columbus 11 Feb: Advance 26 Feb: Goefredo 1 Apr: Herald 10 May: J. S. Seaverns 18 May: Syria 10 Jul: Gravina 27 Jul: John M. Osborn 2 Aug: Washington (pilot boat) 23 Aug: Fuxing 23 Aug: Yangwu 24 Aug: USS Tallapoosa 9 Sep: Fenella 22 Sep: Wasp 24 Oct: Christina Nilsson Unkn: Atrato Unkn: Ohio
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History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Clarence
Ordered	27 May 1819
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	August 1824
Launched	25 July 1827
Fate	Burnt, 17 January 1884 at Liverpool
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2288 bm
Length	193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam	52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	84 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades