HMS Belleisle (1819)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Belleisle |
| Ordered: | 17 November 1812 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | February 1816 |
| Launched: | 26 April 1819 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1872 |
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| Class and type: | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1709 tons (1736.4 tonnes) |
| Length: | 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 4 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Belleisle.
HMS Belleisle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 April 1819 at Pembroke Dockyard.
Belleisle was converted to serve as a troopship in 1841, and was broken up in 1872.
[edit] 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.
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