HMS Dublin (1812)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dublin.

HMS Dublin was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 February 1812 at Rotherhithe.^[1]

Dublin
History
United Kingdom
Name	Dublin
Ordered	31 July 1807
Builder	Brent, Rotherhithe
Laid down	May 1809
Launched	13 February 1812
Fate	Sold, 1885
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1772 bm
Length	176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Dublin shared the proceeds of the capture on 17 July 1813 of Union with Abercrombie.^[a]

On 19 December 1812 HMS Rolla recaptured the whaler Frederick. Rolla shared the salvage money for Frederick with Dublin and Inconstant.^[3]

A ball given on board by Admiral Hamond in 1835, painting by Emeric Essex Vidal

In 1826 Dublin was reduced to a 40-gun ship. She became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet from 1835 to 1838, and Rear Admiral Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), from 1841 to 1845.^[4]

Dublin was sold out of the Navy in 1885.^[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £7 19s 2¾d; a sixth-class share was worth 11½d.^[2]