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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class=70-gun third rate ship of the line | Ship tons burthen=2048 tons (2080.9 tonnes) | 187|ft|4+1/2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (gundeck) | 50|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | 21|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=*70 guns:- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
- Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 4 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
- Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
| Ship notes=
}} | HMS Boscawan was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 April 1844 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was originally ordered and begun as a 74-gun ship, but an Admiralty order dated 3 March 1834 required that she be reworked to Sir William Symonds' design.[1] She was named for Admiral Edward Boscawen. In 1873, Boscawen replaced Wellesley – the former {{HMS|Cornwall|1812|6}} – as the training ship at Wellesley Nautical School and was herself renamed Wellesley.[2] On the afternoon of 11 March 1914, Wellesley was destroyed by fire and sank at her moorings on the River Tyne at North Shields. A total loss, she was broken up later in 1914.[1][2] Notes1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 192.
2. ^1 Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums: The Training Ship “Wellesley” at North Shields 1868-1914
References{{refbegin}}- 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}}.
{{refend}}External links- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-uTd1amQc British Pathe video of Wellesley (ex-Boscawen) burning on 11 March 1914]
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