HMS Rochfort

HMS Rochfort was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 August 1814 at Milford Haven. She was designed by the French émigré Jean-Louis Barrallier, and was the only ship built to her draught.^[1] A second ship, Sandwich, was cancelled in 1811 before construction could be completed.^[2]

Rochfort during the internment of Sir Thomas Freemantle on 22 December 1819, at Baia Bay, Naples
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Rochfort
Ordered	1 June 1809
Builder	Jacobs, Milford Haven
Laid down	August 1809
Launched	6 August 1814
Fate	Broken up, 1826
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	2082 bm
Length	192 ft 8.5 in (58.738 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft 4.5 in (15.050 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 Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Lloyd's List reported in May 1817 that the Revenue cutter stork and Rochefort's tender "Cornelian" had recaptured the ship Catherina, of and from Hamburg for Lisbon, and the galiot Catherina, of Oldenborg from Antwerp for Havre, which a Tunesian schooner had captured on 27 May. The British also captured the schooner and brought all three vessels into Dover.^[3]

Rochefort, off Malta, 1822, by Nicolas Cammillieri

Fate

Rochfort was broken up in 1826.^[1]