HMS Cornwall (1812)
Cornwall | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cornwall |
| Namesake | Cornwall |
| Ordered | 13 July 1807 |
| Builder | Barnard, Deptford |
| Laid down | February 1808 |
| Launched | 16 January 1812 |
| Renamed | Wellesley, 18 June 1868 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1875 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,751 25⁄94 bm |
| Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Draught | 17 feet 10 inches (5.4 m) at deep load |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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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.