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. Devonshire
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Devonshire
Ordered	28 May 1808
Builder	Barnard, Deptford
Laid down	October 1810
Launched	23 September 1812
Fate	Broken up, 1869
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1742 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 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Devonshire was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 September 1812 at Deptford.

The Devonshire prison-ship, at Sheerness in 1854, holding Russian prisoners of war

She was placed on harbour service in 1849, and was broken up in 1869.

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