HMS Clarence (1827)

HMS Clarence was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1827 at Pembroke Dockyard.[1]

History
United 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 [1]
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

She was lent to the Liverpool Catholic Reformatory Association for use as a boys reformatory ship and was destroyed by a fire set by 6 of the boys whilst at her mooring in the Mersey in 1884.[2]

First boat race on the Mersey between cadets of HM Ships Conway (on the right) and Worcester, London, on 11 June 1891. Clarence is the ship in the centre of the picture, furthest away.