HMS Worcester (1843)

Worcester at Purfleet on the Thames

HMS Worcester was a 52-gun 1,500 ton fourth rate frigate of the Royal Navy, belonging to the six-ship Southampton class. She was laid down in Deptford in 1820 but only launched in 1843. She was lent as a training ship in 1862 to form the Thames Marine Officer Training School (later known as the Thames Nautical Training College), with nearly £1,000 spent on her conversion. In that role she was moored on the Thames at Blackwall Reach, Erith by 1863, Southend in 1869 and finally at Greenhithe in 1871. She was broken up in 1885 and succeeded by the renamed HMS Frederick William.

Sources[]

• http://www.hms-worcester.org.uk/stuff/History%20from%20old%20site.pdf
• http://prints.rmg.co.uk/art/516044/hms-worcester-1843
• http://mostlyboxesantiques.com/HMS-Worcester-astray-from-the-timbers-of-HMS-Worcester

External links[]

• Media related to HMS Worcester (ship, 1843) at Wikimedia Commons