For other ships with the same name, see HMS Clarence.

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 Rogers

Clarence 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

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. ^ "No. 16943". The London Gazette. 8 October 1814. p. 2009.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Clarence_(1812)
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