HMS Collingwood (1841)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Collingwood
Ordered23 June 1832
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downSeptember 1835
Launched17 August 1841
FateSold, 1867
General characteristics [1]
Class & typeVanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2589 bm
Length190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
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

HMS Collingwood was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 August 1841 at Pembroke Dockyard.[1]

It was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861, and sold out of the navy in 1867.[1]

One of its first crew was Midshipman (later Commodore) James Graham Goodenough, whilst the ship was in the Pacific fleet of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 191.
  2. ^ Wikisource:Goodenough, James Graham (DNB00)

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Kay, H Alison (1986) HMS Collingwood 1844-1848 (Pacific Station), From the Journals of Philip Horatio Townsend Somerville, R.N. The Pentland Press ISBN 0-946270-31-7