HMS Belleisle (1819)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Belleisle.

History

UK
Name:	HMS Belleisle
Ordered:	17 November 1812
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	February 1816
Launched:	26 April 1819
Fate:	Broken up, 1872
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1709 bm
Length:	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 14 × 9-pounders Forecastle: 4 × 9-pounders

HMS Belleisle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 26 April 1819 at Pembroke Dockyard.^[1]

Belleisle was converted to serve as a troopship in 1841, and was broken up in 1872.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.

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.

Repulse-class ships of the line

Sceptre Repulse Eagle Magnificent Valiant Elizabeth Cumberland Venerable Talavera Malabar Belleisle

Preceded by: Fame class Followed by: Swiftsure class List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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