HMS Nile (1830)

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Name: HMS Nile
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: October 1827
Launched: 28 June 1830
Fate: Burnt, 1956
General characteristics
Class and type: Rodney-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2598 tons (2639.7 tonnes)
Length: 205 ft 6 in (62.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 5 in (16.6 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails (and steam, after 1854)
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

As second rate, 90 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nile.

HMS Nile was a two-deck 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1830 at Plymouth Dockyard.

In 1854 Nile was fitted with screw propulsion. The ship was destroyed by fire in 1956.

[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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