HMS Calcutta (1831)
HMS Cambridge (right) off Plymouth, c.1890
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History | |
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Name | HMS Calcutta |
Ordered | 4 April 1827 |
Builder | Bombay Dockyard |
Laid down | March 1828 |
Launched | 14 March 1831 |
Fate | Sold, 1908 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 84-gun second rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2,291 bm[2] |
Length | 196 ft 1.66 in (59.7830 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 50 ft 9 in (15.47 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 720 officers and men |
Armament |
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HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun
Bombay. She was the only ship ever built to her draught.[1] She carried her complement of smooth-bore, muzzle-loading guns on two gundecks. Her complement was 720 men (38 officers, 69 petty officers, 403 seamen, 60 boys and 150 marines).[3]
History
In 1855 the ship had been in reserve, but was recommissioned due to the Crimean War and sailed for the Baltic. After two months she was sent home again, as being useless for modern naval actions.[4]
She saw action in the
After returning to home waters, Calcutta was placed back into reserve at
Devonport Gunnery School.[5]
She was sold for breaking up in 1908.First Sea Lord, as she had been his first seagoing ship.[6] In 2013 the figurehead was restored and transferred to the National Museum of the Royal Navy.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 191.
- ^ Lavery, p. 191.
- ^ a b Diaries of William King-Hall Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ISBN 0-394-52833-6.
- ^ Pulvertaft, David. "The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth: HMS Calcutta 1831–1908" (PDF). Scuttlebutt (47, Autumn 2013): 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ Morris, J. Fisher's Face, London (1994), p. 196.
- ^ Bob Cruwys (30 October 2013). "Restored figurehead from the HMS Calcutta begins its journey to the National Museum of the Royal Navy". ITV News Westcountry. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Bibliography
- Mackay, Ruddock F. Fisher of Kilverstone. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
- 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.
External links
- Media related to HMS Calcutta (1831) at Wikimedia Commons