HMS Warspite (1807)
The Warspite returning to Spithead from her voyage round the World, 28 July 1827 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Warspite |
| Ordered | 13 January 1798 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 3 December 1805 |
| Launched | 16 November 1807 |
| Decommissioned | 1815 |
| Notes | original construction cost £59,725 |
| Recommissioned | As a 76-gun ship, 1817 |
| Recommissioned | As a 50-gun frigate, 1840 |
| Decommissioned | 1846 |
| Reclassified | Boys' training ship, 1862 |
| Fate | Burnt, 3 January 1876 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | 74-gun third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1890 bm |
| Length | 179 ft 10 in (54.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Draught | Underside of keel to uppermost point of taffrail 16.5m |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 600 |
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| Notes | One of the earliest to be refitted with diagonal framing trusses |
| General characteristics 1840 razee | |
| Class & type | 50-gun frigate |
| Length | 179 ft 10 in (54.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 475 |
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HMS Warspite was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1807. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and was decommissioned in 1815. She was re-rated as a 76-gun ship in 1817 and then circumnavigated the world from 1826 to 1827, visiting Australia. She was cut down to a single decker 50-gun frigate in 1840 and was decommissioned in 1846. She was lent as a boys' training ship to the Marine Society and was lost to fire in 1876.