HMS Dublin (1812)

	Dublin
History
United Kingdom
Name	Dublin
Ordered	31 July 1807
Builder	Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1809
Launched	13 February 1812
Fate	Sold, 1885
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1772 bm
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 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 Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1812 at Rotherhithe.^[1]

Dublin shared the proceeds of the capture on 17 July 1813 of Union with Abercrombie.^{[Note 1]}

On 19 December 1812 recaptured the whaler Frederick. Rolla shared the salvage money for Frederick with Dublin and Inconstant.^[3]

A ball given on board by Admiral Hamond in 1835, painting by Emeric Essex Vidal

In 1826 Dublin was reduced to a 40-gun ship. She became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet from 1835 to 1838, and Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), from 1841 to 1845.^[4]

Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.^[1]

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes

^ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £7 19s 2¾d; a sixth-class share was worth 11½d.^[2]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
^ "No. 17025". The London Gazette. 17 June 1815. p. 1171.
^ "No. 16749". The London Gazette. 3 July 1813. p. 1316.
^ "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Dublin". Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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.

External links[]

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[3] A first-class share of the prize money was worth £7 19s 2¾d; a sixth-class share was worth 11½d.^[2]

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

[2] "No. 17025". The London Gazette. 17 June 1815. p. 1171.

[4] "No. 16749". The London Gazette. 3 July 1813. p. 1316.

[5] "Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Dublin". Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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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

History
Dublin
United Kingdom
Name	Dublin
Ordered	31 July 1807
Builder	Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1809
Launched	13 February 1812
Fate	Sold, 1885
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1772 bm
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 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