▁ 5 2 - gun ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁ton ▁fourth ▁rate ▁fr ig ate ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy , ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁six - ship ▁South am pton ▁class . ▁She ▁was ▁laid ▁down ▁in ▁De pt ford ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 ▁but ▁only ▁launched ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 3 . ▁She ▁was ▁l ent ▁as ▁a ▁training ▁ship ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Th ames ▁Marine ▁Officer ▁Training ▁School ▁( l ater ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Th ames ▁N aut ical ▁Training ▁College ), ▁with ▁nearly ▁£ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁spent ▁on ▁her ▁conversion . ▁In ▁that ▁role ▁she ▁was ▁mo ored ▁on ▁the ▁Th ames ▁at ▁Black wall ▁Re ach , ▁Er ith ▁by ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁South end ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁and ▁finally ▁at ▁Green hit he ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁She ▁was ▁broken ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁and ▁succeeded ▁by ▁the ▁renamed ▁HMS ▁Frederick ▁William . ▁ ▁S ources ▁http :// www . h ms - wor c ester . org . uk / st uff / History % 2 0 from % 2 0 old % 2 0 site . pdf ▁http :// print s . rm g . co . uk / art / 5 1 6 0 4 4 / h ms - wor c ester - 1 8 4 3 ▁http :// most ly box es anti ques . com / H