HMS Vengeance (1824)

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Name: HMS Vengeance
Ordered: 23 January 1817
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: July 1819
Launched: 27 July 1824
Fate: Sold, 1897
General characteristics
Class and type: Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2284 tons (2320.7 tonnes)
Length: 193 ft 10 in (59.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 52 ft 4.5 in (15.96 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

84 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Vengeance.

HMS Vengeance was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 July 1824 at Pembroke Dockyard.

She became a receiving ship in 1861, and was eventually sold out of the navy in 1897.

[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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