HMS Rodney (1833)

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Name: HMS Rodney
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: July 1827
Launched: 18 June 1833
Fate: Broken up, 1882
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 1860)
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 Rodney.

HMS Rodney was a two-deck 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 June 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard.

Rodney was fitted with screw propulsion in 1860, and was broken up in 1882.

[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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