HMS Marlborough (1807)

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

HMS Marlborough was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 June 1807 at Deptford.^[1] 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.^[2]

Marlborough
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 [1]
Class & 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

Marlborough was laid up in Ordinary at Portsmouth from 1816 and broken up there in July 1835.^[1][2]