HMS Cornwall (1812)

Cornwall
History
United Kingdom
NameCornwall
NamesakeCornwall
Ordered13 July 1807
BuilderBarnard, Deptford
Laid downFebruary 1808
Launched16 January 1812
RenamedWellesley, 18 June 1868
FateBroken up, 1875
General characteristics
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,751 2594 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Draught17 feet 10 inches (5.4 m) at deep load
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdr guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She spent most of her service in reserve and was converted into a reformatory and a school ship in her later years. The ship was broken up in 1875.