HMS Clarence (1827)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Clarence.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name HMS Clarence
Ordered 27 May 1819
Builder Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down August 1824
Launched 25 July 1827
Fate Burnt, 17 January 1884 at Liverpool
General characteristics
Class and type Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 2288 bm
Length 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 84 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Clarence was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard. The second navy ship to bear the name, she was ordered as HMS Goliath but renamed in 1826 prior to completion.

In 1872 she was lent to the Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association for use as a boys reformatory ship, but was destroyed by a fire set by six of the boys whilst at her mooring in the Mersey in 1884.

Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association was lent a replacement in 1885 called HMS Royal William (1833), a 120 gun first-rate ship reduced to a 72-gun screw ship in 1860. Renamed Clarence, she was ultimately also destroyed in the Mersey by arson on 26 July 1899.