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HMS Cornwall (1812) (3rd)
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The third HMS Cornwall (1812-1948) was a 74 gun third rate, 74-gun
ship-of-the-line.
She was built by Barnard of Deptford, launched 16-Jan-1812, 176ft long, 48ft wide and of 1,751 tons builders measurement. She was used in the Channel Fleet until the end of the Napoleonic War in 1814. She was reduced to a single gun deck of 50 larger guns in 1831 which resulted in a more powerful and faster ship. However, she never saw active service again. In 1859 she was loaned to the London Association for use as a juvenile reformatory school. Then on 18-Jun-1868 exchanged names with HMS Wellesley and moved to the Tyne as a training ship. She was scrapped at Sheerness, with her breaking up completed by 18-Jan-1875.
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20 November, 2012.
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