Nelson-class ship of the line

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Class overview
NameNelson
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byCaledonia class
In service4 July 1814 – 1928
Completed3
General characteristics
TypeShip of the line
Tons burthen2,601 4/94 bm (design)
Length
  • 205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
  • 170 ft 10+1⁄8 in (52.073 m) (keel)
Beam53 ft 6 in (16.3 m)
Depth of hold24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Armament
  • 120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Roundhouse: 6 × 24 pdr carronades [not counted in 120 total]
NotesShips in class include: Nelson, St Vincent, Howe

The Nelson-class

first rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the two Surveyors of the Navy at the time, Robert Seppings and Joseph Tucker
.

Ships
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Ordered: 23 November 1805
Laid down: December 1809
Launched: 4 July 1814
Completed: 17 August 1814
Fate: Broken up, 1928
Builder:
Plymouth Dockyard
Ordered: 15 January 1806
Laid down: May 1810
Launched: 11 March 1815
Completed 1829
Fate: Sold, 1906
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Ordered: 15 January 1806
Laid down: June 1808
Launched: 28 March 1815
Completed: 1835
Fate: Sold, 1854

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
    .
  • Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing.
    ISBN 1-86176-032-9
    .
  • Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing.
    ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4
    .


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