HMS Goliath (1842)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Goliath.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Goliath
Ordered: 7 October 1833
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: February 1834
Launched: 25 July 1842
Fate: Burnt, 22 December 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:2596 bm
Length:190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam:56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold:22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:78 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857.[1] In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys. Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays.[2] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
  2. ↑ The Times (London), Thursday, 23 December 1875, p.5

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.