HMS Royal Adelaide (1828)

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Name: HMS Royal Adelaide
Ordered: 6 January 1812
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: May 1819
Launched: 28 July 1828
Fate: Sold, 1905
General characteristics
Class and type: Princess Charlotte-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2446 tons (2485.3 tonnes)
Length: 197 ft 7 in (60.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 10 in (16.1 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

104 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Royal Adelaide.

HMS Royal Adelaide was a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 July 1828 at Plymouth.

She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1860, and was eventually sold out of the navy in 1905.

[edit] References

  • 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.
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