Name | Warspite (1807) | Explanation | |
Type | Third rate | ||
Launched | 16 November 1807 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1890 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 76 | ||
Fate | 1876 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1840 reduced to 50 guns. 1862 lent as t.s. 1876.01.03 burn by accident at Woolwich | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
12 March 1827 - October 1827 | Commanded by Captain Richard Saunders Dundas, Australia | ||
22 January 1830 - 26 November 1830 | Commanded by Captain William Henry Shirreff, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Baker, North America and West Indies | ||
28 November 1830 - 26 March 1833 | Commanded by Captain Charles Talbot, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Baker, South America (where he rescued the Brazilian Emperor, Pedro I, during the insurrection in Rio de Janeiro on 6 April 1831 which forced his abdication) | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
17 August 1841 - October 1843 | Commanded by Captain Lord John Hay, North America and West Indies | ||
13 October 1843 - April 1846 | Commanded by Captain Provo William Parry Wallis, Mediterranean | ||
3 January 1876 | Burn by accident (or arson) at Woolwich (no loss of life) |