HMS Cambridge (1815)

HMS Cambridge is shown after taking part in the Syrian operations of 1840 against Mehmet Ali, battered by the severe storm that raged in this area.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cambridge
Ordered	16 July 1810
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	December 1811
Launched	23 June 1815
Fate	Broken up, 1869
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	2139 bm
Length	187 ft 2.25 in (57.0548 m) (gundeck)
Beam	50 ft 11.5 in (15.532 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 7 in (6.58 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	80 guns: Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 32 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2× 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Cambridge was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 June 1815 at Deptford Dockyard. She was built to the lines of the Danish ship Christian VII, which had been captured in 1807 at the Second Battle of Copenhagen.^[1]