HMS Stirling Castle (1811)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Stirling Castle.
HMS Stirling Castle in 1780 entering Cork Harbour, by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name HMS Stirling Castle
Ordered 12 August 1807
Builder Ross, Rochester
Laid down July 1808
Launched 31 December 1811
Fate Broken up, 1861
General characteristics
Class and type Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1774 bm
Length 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam 47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold 21 ft (6 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounder guns, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounder guns, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Stirling Castle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 December 1811 at Rochester.

Stirling Castle was in company with HMS Cormorant on 11 June 1813. Stirling Castle was sailing to the East Indies and Cormorant was sailing to the Cape of Good Hope. On the way, on 11 June, they boarded Ainsley, Brown, master, which was returning to Liverpool from Africa.

Stirling Castle became a prison ship in 1839, and was broken up in 1861.