HMS St Vincent (1815)
HMS St Vincent in Portsmouth Harbour by Charles Dixon
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History | |
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Name | HMS St Vincent |
Ordered | 15 January 1806 |
Builder | Plymouth-Dock Dockyard |
Laid down | May 1810 |
Launched | 11 March 1815 |
Fate | Sold, 1906 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Nelson-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2,601 bm |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m) |
Depth of hold | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS St Vincent was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1810 at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 11 March 1815.[1]
Service
She was one of class of three, and the only one to see active service, though she was not put into commission until 1829, when she became the
On 18 February 1834, St Vincent was at Malta when the British merchant schooner Meteor was destroyed there by the explosion of her cargo of gunpowder with the loss of 28 lives.[2] The explosion severely damaged St Vincent and drove her aground. She was refloated on 21 February 1834 after unshipping all 120 of her cannon.[2] and subsequently was repaired and returned to service.[2]
Placed on harbour service at Portsmouth in 1841, St Vincent joined the
After a spell in ordinary at Portsmouth, from July to September 1854, during the Crimean War, she was used to transport French troops to the Baltic.[citation needed] Subsequently she became a depot ship at Portsmouth. She was driven ashore there on 11 January 1862, but was refloated.[3] She was commissioned as a training ship in 1862, and specifically as a training ship for boys, moored permanently at Haslar from 1870. In this role she retained 26 guns.[citation needed] She continued as a training ship until 1905. Commander Cecil Thursby was in command from April 1899, succeeded by Commander Bentinck J. D. Yelverton from January 1902.[4] The final commander was G. C. Cayley, who captained the ship from 1904 until her decommissioning in 1906. She was broken up in Falmouth Docks and one of her anchors was put on display near Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth.[5]
Fate
St Vincent was sold out of the service in 1906 for breaking up.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187.
- ^ a b c "PORTSMOUTH, Saturday". The Times. No. 15421. London. 10 March 1834. col F, p. 3.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. No. 24141. London. 13 January 1862. col B-C, p. 12.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36661. London. 10 January 1902. p. 8.
- ISBN 0-86299-719-4.
References
- Media related to HMS St Vincent (ship, 1815) at Wikimedia Commons
- Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David & ISBN 0-85177-685-X.
- 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.