HMS Marlborough (1807) facts for kids

Marlborough
Quick facts for kids History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Marlborough
Ordered	31 January 1805
Builder	Barnard, Deptford
Laid down	August 1805
Launched	22 June 1807
Fate	Broken up, 1835
General characteristics
Class and type	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1754 bm
Length	175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.25 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: 4 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1807 at Deptford. In 1807, she helped escort the Portuguese royal family in its flight from Portugal to Brazil. In 1812 Marlborough became the flagship to Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn off Cadiz, from where she went to the North America Station and took part in the capture of Washington in August 1814.

Marlborough was laid up in Ordinary at Portsmouth from 1816 and broken up there in July 1835.