HMS Barham (1811)

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

History
HMS Barham (as a 50-gun ship) at Malta on 25 September 1833
UK
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
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

In 1826 Barham was reduced to a 50-gun ship and was rescued in Bonaire in 1829. She was broken up in 1839.^[1]

Notable crew

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.

Vengeur-class ships of the line

Ajax Berwick Rodney Poictiers Vigo Cressy Egmont Armada America Vengeur Conquestador Edinburgh Barham Hogue Duncan Asia Stirling Castle Mulgrave Cornwall Dublin Gloucester Scarborough Clarence Anson Pembroke Rippon Devonshire Medway Indus Benbow Cornwallis Blenheim Vindictive Redoubtable Defence Hercules Pitt Hero Agincourt Russell

Preceded by: Swiftsure class Followed by: Black Prince class

List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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