HMS Hastings (1819)

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Name: HMS Hastings
Builder: Calcutta
Acquired: 22 June 1819, from East India Company
Fate: Sold, 1886
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1763 tons (1791 tonnes)
Length: 176 ft 10.5 in (53.91 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 48 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hastings.

HMS Hastings was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in Calcutta for the Honourable East India Company, but purchased by the Royal Navy on 22 June 1819.

In 1855 she was fitted with screw propulsion, and was sold out of the navy in 1886.

[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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