HMS Sultan (1807)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Sultan.
Career (UK)
Name: HMS Sultan
Ordered: 31 January 1805
Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid down: December 1805
Launched: 19 September 1807
Fate: Broken up, 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:1751 (bm)
Length:175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam:47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold:20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns

Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Sultan was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 September 1807 at Deptford Wharf.[1]

Sultan became a receiving ship in 1860, and was broken up in 1864.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.

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.