HMS_Barham_(1811)

HMS <i>Barham</i> (1811)

HMS Barham (1811)

Vengeur-class ship of the line

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

HMS Barham was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, launched on 8 July 1811 at Blackwall Yard.[1]

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In 1826 Barham was reduced to a 50-gun ship. On 29 April 1829 she suffered severe damage when she ran aground off Bonaire; she was refloated on 30 April 1829 after her crew threw 37 cannon overboard.[2] She was broken up in 1839.[1]

Notable crew

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
  2. [2]
    "HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BARHAM". The Times. No. 13956. London. 3 July 1829. col B, p. 3.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Douvry, Olivier (2012) Shipwrecks of Bonaire, the warship HMS Barham wasn’t wrecked at Red Slave., GlobeDivers.org.


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