Vanguard class ship of the line

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Class overview
Name: Vanguard
Operators: Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy
Preceded by: Canopus-class
Succeeded by: None
In service: 25 August 1835 - 1929
Completed: 9
General characteristics
Type: Ship of the line
Length:

190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck)

154 ft 4 in (47 m) (keel)
Beam: 56 ft 9 in (17.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:

78 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades
Notes: Ships in class include: Vanguard, Collingwood, Goliath, Superb, Meeanee, Centurion, Lion, Colossus, Mars

The Vanguard-class ships of the line were a class of 9 two-deck 80-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds.

[edit] Ships

Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered: 23 June 1832
Launched: 25 August 1835
Fate: Broken up, 1875
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered: 23 June 1832
Launched: 17 August 1841
Fate: Sold, 1867
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 7 October 1833
Launched: 25 July 1842
Fate: Burnt, 1875
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 6 September 1842
Fate: Broken up, 1869
Builder: Bombay Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 11 November 1848
Fate: Broken up, 1906
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 2 May 1844
Fate: Sold, 1870
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 29 July 1847
Fate: Sold, 1905
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 1 June 1848
Fate: Sold, 1867
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered:
Launched: 1 July 1848
Fate: Sold, 1929

[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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