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The ships were armed with 120 [[muzzle-loading]], [[smoothbore]] guns that consisted of thirty-two [[32-pounder gun|32-pounder guns]] on the lower gun deck, thirty-four [[24-pounder long gun|24-pounder gun]] on the middle gun deck and thirty-four [[18-pounder long gun|18-pounder guns]] on the upper gun deck. Their [[forecastle]]s mounted a pair of [[12-pounder long gun|12-pounder guns]] and two 32-pounder [[carronade]]s. On their [[quarterdeck]] they carried six 12-pounders and ten 32-pounder carronades. Above the quarterdeck was the poop deck with half-a-dozen 18-pounder carronades.<ref name=w1>Winfield, pp. 11</ref> |
The ships were armed with 120 [[muzzle-loading]], [[smoothbore]] guns that consisted of thirty-two [[32-pounder gun|32-pounder guns]] on the lower gun deck, thirty-four [[24-pounder long gun|24-pounder gun]] on the middle gun deck and thirty-four [[18-pounder long gun|18-pounder guns]] on the upper gun deck. Their [[forecastle]]s mounted a pair of [[12-pounder long gun|12-pounder guns]] and two 32-pounder [[carronade]]s. On their [[quarterdeck]] they carried six 12-pounders and ten 32-pounder carronades. Above the quarterdeck was the poop deck with half-a-dozen 18-pounder carronades.<ref name=w1>Winfield, pp. 11</ref> |
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By 1840, the surviving ships had been rearmed with thirty 32-pounders and two [[ML 8-inch shell gun|{{cvt|8|in|0}} shell gun]]s on the lower gun deck, thirty-two 32-pounders and two 8-inch shell guns on the middle gun deck and the upper gun deck. On the forecastle a pair of 32-pounders and two 32-pounder carronades while the quarterdeck had four 32-pounders and a dozen 32-pounder carronades.<ref name=w1/> |
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The Nelson class consisted of three 120-gun first-rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s, Nelson, St Vincent, and Howe. The ships spent the bulk of their service in ordinary or on secondary duties.
Design and description
Designed as a joint effort between the two co-Surveyors of the Navy, Robert Seppings and Joseph Tucker, the ships measured 205 feet (62.5 m) on the gun deck and 170 feet 10 inches (52.1 m) on the keel. They had a beam of 53 feet 6 inches (16.3 m), a depth of hold of 24 feet (7.3 m) and had a tonnage of 2,6014⁄94 tons burthen. Their crew numbered 875 officers and ratings.[1]
The ships were armed with 120 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns that consisted of thirty-two 32-pounder guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder gun on the middle gun deck and thirty-four 18-pounder guns on the upper gun deck. Their forecastles mounted a pair of 12-pounder guns and two 32-pounder carronades. On their quarterdeck they carried six 12-pounders and ten 32-pounder carronades. Above the quarterdeck was the poop deck with half-a-dozen 18-pounder carronades.[1]
By 1840, the surviving ships had been rearmed with thirty 32-pounders and two 8 in (203 mm) shell guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-two 32-pounders and two 8-inch shell guns on the middle gun deck and the upper gun deck. On the forecastle a pair of 32-pounders and two 32-pounder carronades while the quarterdeck had four 32-pounders and a dozen 32-pounder carronades.[1]
Ships
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Ordered: 23 November 1805
- Laid down: December 1809
- Launched: 4 July 1814
- Completed: 17 August 1814
- Fate: Broken up, 1928
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Ordered: 15 January 1806
- Laid down: May 1810
- Launched: 11 March 1815
- Completed 1829
- Fate: Sold, 1906
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered: 15 January 1806
- Laid down: June 1808
- Launched: 28 March 1815
- Completed: 1835
- Fate: Sold, 1854
Citations
References
- Lambert, Andrew D. (1984). Battleships in Transition: The Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-315-X.
- Lambert, Andrew D. (1991). The Last Sailing Battlefleet: Maintaining Naval Mastery 1815 – 1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-591-8.
- Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
- Winfield, Rif (2010). First Rate: The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-264-5.
