HMS_Rochfort_(1814)

HMS <i>Rochfort</i>

HMS Rochfort

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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]

Quick Facts History, United Kingdom ...

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]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.
  2. [2]
    Winfield (2008), p. 50.
  3. [3]
    "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 5181. 30 May 1817. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005778173. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-78346-926-0.


Stub icon

This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article HMS_Rochfort_(1814), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.