HMS Cornwallis was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1814, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic War
1847 illustration of Cornwallis leaving Plymouth Harbour
The Vengeur-class ships of the line were a class of forty 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the two Surveyors of the Navy at the time. The Vengeur Class, someti
HMS Cornwallis (1813)
…HMS Cornwallis was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1814, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars…