HMS Vengeance (1824)
Port Mahon, 26 May 1852; after a study by George Pechell Mends , his brother William Robert Mends, served on her at the time.
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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 [1] | |
| Class and type | Canopus-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2284 bm |
| Length | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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HMS Vengeance was an 84-gun
second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 July 1824 at Pembroke Dockyard.[1] The Canopus-class ships were all modelled on a captured French ship, the Franklin, which was renamed HMS Canopus in British service. Some of the copies were faster than others, though it was reported that none could beat the original.[2] HMS Vengeance was nicknamed 'the wind's-eye liner' and was faster than all the other ships except HMS Phaeton
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In 1849, while under the command of Captain
Gold Medal of Military Valour,[4]
which he was authorized to accept by Queen Victoria only in 1855.
Having returned to Britain, in August 1851 Vengeance, commanded by Captain
Battle of Alma on 20 September.[10]
She became a
receiving ship in 1861, and was eventually sold out of the navy in 1897.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.
- ^ Fitzgerald p.30-31
- ^ "Cronologia dettagliata del Sacco di Genova".
- ^ "Hardwicke Carlo Filippo Yorke". Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Fitzgerald p.30-
- ^ "Ship News". The Morning Post. No. 24426. London. 24 March 1852. p. 8.
- ^ "Obituary. Vice-Admiral George Le Geyt Bowyear". Annual Register for 1903. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. p. 122.
- ^ "Bowyear, Vice-Admiral George le Geyt". Who's who biographies, 1901. 1901. p. 185.
- ^ Fitzgerald p. 41
- ^ Fitzgerald p.43-45
References
- ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Fitzgerald, Charles Cooper Penrose(1897) Life of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon K.C.B. William Blackwood and sons, Edinburgh and London.
External links
Media related to HMS Vengeance (1824) at Wikimedia Commons
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