HMS St George (1840)

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Name: HMS St George
Ordered: 27 May 1819
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: May 1827
Launched: 27 August 1840
Fate: Sold, 1883
General characteristics
Class and type: Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2694 tons (2737.3 tonnes)
Length: 205 ft 5.5 in (62.62 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.6 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

120 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68-pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 14 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS St George.

HMS St George was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 August 1840 at Plymouth.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1883.

[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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