HMS Howe (1815)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Howe.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Howe
Ordered: 15 January 1806
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: June 1808
Launched: 28 March 1815
Fate: Broken up, 1854
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:2619 bm
Length:205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam:53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m)
Depth of hold:24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Howe was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1815 at Chatham.[1]

Howe was broken up in 1854.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187.

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.