HMS Royal William (1833)

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Name: HMS Royal William
Ordered: 30 December 1823
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: October 1825
Launched: 2 April 1833
Fate: Burnt, 1899
General characteristics
Class and type: Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2694 tons (2737.3 tonnes)
Length: 205 ft 5.5 in (62.62 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.6 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

120 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68-pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 14 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Royal William.

HMS Royal William was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on April 2, 1833 at Pembroke Dock.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1860, and was destroyed by fire in 1899.

[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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