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| Career (UK) |
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| Name: |
HMS Nelson |
| Ordered: |
23 November 1805 |
| Builder: |
Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: |
December 1809 |
| Launched: |
4 July 1814 |
| Fate: |
Broken up, 1928 |
| Notes: |
Screw ship from 1860 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Nelson-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: |
2617 tons (2659 tonnes) |
| Length: |
205 ft (62 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: |
53 ft 8.75 in (16.377 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
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HMS Nelson was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 July 1814 at Woolwich.
She was converted into a screw ship in 1860, and eventually broken up in 1928.
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.
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