HMS Blenheim was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...

 of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, launched on 31 May 1813 at Deptford Dockyard.

She was placed on harbour service in 1831. In 1854/5 she saw service in the Baltic as a 60-gun steam screw. She was eventually broken up in 1865.

Her captain, Humphrey Fleming Senhouse

Humphrey Fleming Senhouse

Captain Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, KCH, CB , was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, and First Anglo-Chinese War.- Early life :...

, died on board HMS Blenheim in the morning of 13 June 1841, from fever contracted during operations in Canton in May 1841.