HMS Warspite (1807)

The Warspite returning to Spithead from her voyage round the World, 28 July 1827
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Warspite
Ordered	13 January 1798
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	3 December 1805
Launched	16 November 1807
Decommissioned	1815
Notes	original construction cost £59,725
Recommissioned	As a 76-gun ship, 1817
Recommissioned	As a 50-gun frigate, 1840
Decommissioned	1846
Reclassified	Boys' training ship, 1862
Fate	Burnt, 3 January 1876
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	74-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1890 bm
Length	179 ft 10 in (54.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft (14.9 m)
Draught	Underside of keel to uppermost point of taffrail 16.5m
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	600
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pdr guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pdr guns Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pdr guns Forecastle: 4 × 9-pdr guns
Notes	One of the earliest to be refitted with diagonal framing trusses
General characteristics 1840 razee[2]
Class and type	50-gun frigate
Length	179 ft 10 in (54.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	49 ft (14.9 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	475
Armament	50 guns: Upperdeck: 28 × 32-pdr guns Quarterdeck: 16 × 32-pdr guns Forecastle: 6 × 32-pdr guns

HMS Warspite was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1807. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and was decommissioned in 1815. She was re-rated as a 76-gun ship in 1817 and then circumnavigated the world in 1826-27, visiting Australia. She was cut down to a single decker 50-gun frigate in 1840 and was decommissioned in 1846. She was lent as a boys' training ship to The Marine Society and was lost to fire in 1876.