HMS Impregnable (1810)
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| Name: | HMS Impregnable |
| Ordered: | 13 January 1798 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | February 1802 |
| Launched: | 1 August 1810 |
| Renamed: | HMS Kent, HMS Caledonia |
| Fate: | Sold, 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 98-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2406 tons (2444.6 tonnes) |
| Length: | 197 ft (60 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: |
98 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Impregnable.
HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught.
Impregnable became a training ship in 1862,[1]
In 1880 she was re-named HMS Kent, eleven years later she was re-named HMS Caledonia. She was sold for breaking up in 1901.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ships of the Old Navy.
[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.
- Michael Phillips. Impregnable (98) (1810). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
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