abstract:HMS Bulwark was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1807 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Sir William Rule as one of the large class 74s, and was the only ship built to her draught.
And as part of the military's Olympic security role, the Royal Navy's HMS Ocean and HMSBulwark will also be based at Greenwich, in London, and Weymouth Bay, in Dorset, respectively.