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HMS Cornwallis (1813) (4th)
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This the fourth ship to carry the name HMS Cornwallis was a third
rate, 74-gun, ship-of-the-line. Built at Bombay Dockyard, launched 12-May-1813, 177ft long, 48ft wide and of 1,809 tons builders measurement. Conversion to a screw ship of 60-guns, completed 08-Feb-1855. Converted to a jetty at Sheerness 1865. Renamed HMS Wildfire 1916 and used as a base ship. Broken up at Sheerness 1957. Won the Battle Honours: China 1842 and Baltic 1855.
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