HMS Trafalgar (1841)

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Name: HMS Trafalgar
Ordered: 19 February 1825
Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down: November 1829
Launched: 21 June 1841
Fate: Sold, 1906
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 Trafalgar.

HMS Trafalgar was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 June 1840 at Woolwich.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and sold out of the service in 1906.

[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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