HMS Asia (1811)
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| Name: | HMS Asia |
| Ordered: | 13 July 1807 |
| Builder: | Brindley, Frindsbury |
| Laid down: | February 1808 |
| Launched: | 2 December 1811 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1865 |
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| Class & type: | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1763 (bm) |
| Length: | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Asia was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 December 1811 at Frindsbury.[1]
War of 1812
Asia was off Chesapeake Bay in July 1814.[2][3] The Royal Marine Artillery company of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Marines were ferried from Bermuda to the Chesapeake aboard Asia, via HMS Tonnant.[4] During the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Asia was moored off Baltimore, along with Seahorse, Severn and Surprise.[5] Asia was among Admiral Alexander Cochrane's fleet moored off New Orleans at the start of 1815.[6] In support of the attack on New Orleans, 107 Royal Marines from Asia were disembarked.[7]
In 1828 Asia was reduced to a 50-gun ship, and was eventually broken up in 1865.[1]
Notes
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- Crawford, Michael J. (Ed) (2002). The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol. 3. Washington: United States Department of Defense. ISBN 9780160512247
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.
- ↑ Crawford, pp129, quoting a letter from Alexander Cochrane to George Cockburn dated 1 July 1814: 'I send you HMS Asia & Aetna Bomb with the 3 Troop Ships named in the margin (HMS Regulus, HMS Melpomene and HMS Brune) having on board the 3rd Battalion of Marines [and its Artillery Company] '
- ↑ Crawford, pp146-7, quoting the postscript of a letter from Joshua Barney dated 13 July 1814, mentions that HMS Asia and 'two frigates (en flûte) with several small vessels have passed by point look out'
- ↑ Crawford (ed), p152, quoting a Letter from George Cockburn to Robert Barrie
- ↑ Crawford (ed), p273, quoting a Letter from Cockburn to Ross dated 12 September 1814
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- ↑ Ship muster for HMS Asia June 1814 - Feb 1815. UK National Archives reference ADM 37/5010
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