HMS St George (1840)


HMS St George and Arethusa on the Hamoaze near Bull Point, by Edward Snell
Career (UK)
Name: HMS St George
Ordered: 27 May 1819
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: May 1827
Launched: 27 August 1840
Fate: Sold, 1883
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2694 bm
Length: 205 ft 5.5 in (62.624 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.61 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.06 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

HMS St George was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 August 1840 at Plymouth.[1]

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1883.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.

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.
  • Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing, London. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.