HMS Cornwall (1812)

Cornwall
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cornwall
Namesake	Cornwall
Ordered	13 July 1807
Builder	Barnard, Deptford
Laid down	February 1808
Launched	16 January 1812
Renamed	Wellesley, 18 June 1868
Fate	Broken up, 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,751 25⁄94 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Draught	17 feet 10 inches (5.4 m) at deep load
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She spent most of her service in reserve and was converted into a reformatory and a school ship in her later years. The ship was broken up in 1875.