HMS Mulgrave

Plan drawing of Mulgrave
History
United Kingdom
Name	Mulgrave
Ordered	23 June 1807
Builder	John King, Upnor
Laid down	February 1808
Launched	1 January 1812
Completed	22 November 1812
Commissioned	September 1812
Fate	Broken up, 16 December 1854
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,761 71⁄94 (bm)
Length	176 ft 1 in (53.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 9 in (14.6 m)
Draught	17 ft 8 in (5.4 m) (light)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Mulgrave was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1812, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.

Mulgrave was hulked in 1836, and broken up in 1854.^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, p. 188

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.