HMS Boscawen (1844)

HMS Boscawan was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1844 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was originally ordered in 1812 and begun as a 74-gun Vengeur-class ship of the line, but the order was cancelled and her frames placed instorage; an Admiralty order dated 3 March 1834 required that those frames be reworked to Sir William Symonds' design.[1] She was named for Admiral Edward Boscawen.

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

HMS Boscawan in later life as the training ship Wellesley, 1904
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Boscawen
Ordered11 May 1817
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1826
Launched3 April 1844
RenamedWellesley 1873
Fate
  • Burned and sank 11 March 1914
  • Broken up 1914
General characteristics [1]
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2048 tons
Length187 ft 4+1⁄2 in (57.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam50 ft 9 in (15.47 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 70 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

In 1873, Boscawen replaced Wellesley – the former HMS Cornwall – as the training ship at Wellesley Nautical School and was herself renamed Wellesley.[2]

On the afternoon of 11 March 1914, Wellesley was destroyed by fire and sank at her moorings on the River Tyne at North Shields. A total loss, she was broken up later in 1914.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 192.
  2. Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums: The Training Ship “Wellesley” at North Shields 1868-1914

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.
Wellesley burning at her moorings in the River Tyne at North Shields on the afternoon of 11 March 1914, photographed from South Shields.
The wreck of Wellesley in 1914.


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