After the War of 1812, the HMS Cornwallis took part in the Chinese defeat in the First Opium War and the peace treaty was negotiated aboard the Cornwallis on 29 August 1843. Treaty of Nanking.
It was fitted for screw propulsion in 1855 and reduced to just 60 cannons. It later participated in the Crimean War. In 1865, it was converted into a jetty at Sheerness.
In 1916, it was renamed the HMS Wildfire and used as a base ship before being broken up in 1957 at Sheerness, 144 years after its launching. It was 176 feet long.
I guess that teak wood really lasts a long time.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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