HMS Barham was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, launched on 8 July 1811 at Blackwall Yard.[1]
.jpg) HMS Barham (as a 50-gun ship) at Constantinople on 25 September 1833
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Barham |
| Ordered | 2 November 1807 |
| Builder | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down | June 1808 |
| Launched | 8 July 1811 |
| Fate | Rescued in Bonaire 1829, Broken up, 1839 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1761 bm |
| Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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In 1826 Barham was reduced to a 50-gun ship. On 29 April 1829 she suffered severe damage when she ran aground off Bonaire; she was refloated on 30 April 1829 after her crew threw 37 cannon overboard.[2] She was broken up in 1839.[1]
Notable crew
edit- Midshipman Francis Edward Bigge, a pioneer in Queensland, Australia
- Commander John William Spranger
- Commander Baldwin Wake Walker
Notes
editReferences
edit- 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.
- Douvry, Olivier (2012) Shipwrecks of Bonaire, the warship HMS Barham wasn’t wrecked at Red Slave., GlobeDivers.org.
External links
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Media related to HMS Barham (1811) at Wikimedia Commons
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