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HMS Benbow (detail) Study of HMS 'Benbow' and other vessels in Portsmouth Harbour, 1826 RMG PZ0910.jpg
Study of HMS 'Benbow in Portsmouth Harbour, 1826
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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name HMS Benbow
Ordered 11 June 1808
Builder Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down July 1808
Launched 3 February 1813
Fate Broken up, 1895
Notes Coal hulk from August 1859
General characteristics
Class and type Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1773 bm
Length 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Benbow was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Brent of Rotherhithe and launched on 3 February 1813.

Tortosa, 23rd September 1840, attack by the boats of H.M.S. Benbow, Carysfort and Zebra, under Captain J.F. Ross, R.N., by Capt. J. W. Anderson
Tortosa, 23rd September 1840, attack by the boats of HMS Benbow, Carysfort and Zebra, under Captain J.F. Ross, R.N.
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Benbow is in this picture of the Battle of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 November 1840

In 1840 Benbow saw action in the bombardment of the city of Acre under the command of Admiral Robert Stopford. At the height of the battle either Benbow or the naval steamer HMS Gorgon fired the shell that destroyed Acre's powder magazine, causing an explosion that greatly weakened the city's defences.

Benbow was used for harbour service from February 1848 until August 1859, when she was converted to be used as a coal hulk. In 1892, after 79 years of service, she was sold out of the Navy, and was broken up in 1895 at Castle, Woolwich.

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