HMS Collingwood (1841)
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Name | HMS Collingwood |
Ordered | 23 June 1832 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | September 1835 |
Launched | 17 August 1841 |
Fate | Sold, 1867 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2589 bm |
Length | 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Collingwood was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 August 1841 at Pembroke Dockyard.[1]
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It was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861, and sold out of the navy in 1867.[1]
One of its first crew was Midshipman (later Commodore) James Graham Goodenough, whilst the ship was in the Pacific fleet of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
- ^ Wikisource:Goodenough, James Graham (DNB00)
References
[edit]- 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.
- Kay, H Alison (1986) HMS Collingwood 1844-1848 (Pacific Station), From the Journals of Philip Horatio Townsend Somerville,R.N. The Pentland Press ISBN 0-946270-31-7