HMS Gloucester (1812)

HMS Gloucester (1812)

HMS "Gloucester" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1812 at Northfleet.

She was reduced to a 50-gun ship in 1832, and was sold out of the Navy in 1884.

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.

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