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The ”Rodney”-class ships were designed by Sir [[Robert Seppings]],<ref name=l1>Lavery, p. 190</ref> co-[[Surveyor of the Navy]], in response to the American {{USS|Ohio|1820|6}} and the French 100-gun {{sclass|Hercule|ship of the line|4}}. They were |
The ”Rodney”-class ships were designed by Sir [[Robert Seppings]],<ref name=l1>Lavery, p. 190</ref> co-[[Surveyor of the Navy]], in response to the American {{USS|Ohio|1820|6}} and the French 100-gun {{sclass|Hercule|ship of the line|4}}. They were [[ ]] [[ ]] [[ the ]], [[|]] .<ref name=l52/> |
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They were originally intended to have the [[spar deck]] turned into another [[gun deck]] by connecting the [[forecastle]] with the [[quarterdeck]] and armed with a hundred [[32-pounder gun]]s, but the spar deck was removed while under construction in 1828 and a traditional [[poop deck|poop]] was added.<ref name=l52>Lambert 1991, p. 152</ref> |
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The ships were {{convert|205|ft|6|in|m|1}} at the [[gun deck]] and {{convert|170|ft|1|in|m|1}} at the [[keel]]. They had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|54|ft|5|in|m|1}}, a [[depth of hold]] of {{convert|23|ft|m|1}} and measured 2,625 <small>{{fraction|69|94}}</small> [[Builder’s Old Measurement|tons burthen]].<ref name=w1>Winfield, pp. 31–32</ref> The ships had the usual three-masted [[full-ship rig]] with a sail area of {{convert|28102|sqft}}.<ref>Lambert 1991, p. 156</ref> |
The ships were {{convert|205|ft|6|in|m|1}} at the [[gun deck]] and {{convert|170|ft|1|in|m|1}} at the [[keel]]. They had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|54|ft|5|in|m|1}}, a [[depth of hold]] of {{convert|23|ft|m|1}} and measured 2,625 <small>{{fraction|69|94}}</small> [[Builder’s Old Measurement|tons burthen]].<ref name=w1>Winfield, pp. 31–32</ref> The ships had the usual three-masted [[full-ship rig]] with a sail area of {{convert|28102|sqft}}.<ref>Lambert 1991, p. 156</ref> |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Rodney |
| Operators |  |
| Preceded by | Boyne class |
| Succeeded by | Albion class |
| In service | 28 June 1839 – 1956 |
| Completed | 3 |
| General characteristics (as initially built) | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
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| Beam | 54 ft 5 in (16.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
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The Rodney-class consisted of three two-deck, 90-gun, second rate ships of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. All three received steam engines during the 1850s.
Background and description
The Rodney-class ships were designed by Sir Robert Seppings,[1] co-Surveyor of the Navy, in response to the American USS Ohio and the French 100-gun Hercule class. They were ordered in November 1826. Admiral Thomas Martin, Comptroller of the Navy, wrote to a colleague a few months later that they were little more than razeed versions of the three decker Caledonia.[2]
They were originally intended to have the spar deck turned into another gun deck by connecting the forecastle with the quarterdeck and armed with a hundred 32-pounder guns, but the spar deck was removed while under construction in 1828 and a traditional poop was added.[2]
Captain Charles Napier called Rodney, “a fine warship, but it is not a very superior sailer”.[3]
The ships were 205 feet 6 inches (62.6 m) at the gun deck and 170 feet 1 inch (51.8 m) at the keel. They had a beam of 54 feet 5 inches (16.6 m), a depth of hold of 23 feet (7.0 m) and measured 2,625 69⁄94 tons burthen.[4] The ships had the usual three-masted full-ship rig with a sail area of 28,102 square feet (2,610.8 m2).[5]
Their muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament consisted of thirty-two 32-pounder (63 cwt) guns[Note 1] and two 8-inch (203 mm) (50 cwt) shell guns on the lower gun deck and thirty-two 32-pounder (55 cwt) and two 8-inch (50 cwt) shell guns on the upper gun deck. Between their forecastle and quarterdeck, they carried twenty-four 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns. The ships were later rearmed with twenty-six 32-pounders (56 cwt) and six 8-inch shell guns on the lower gundeck and thirty 32-pounders (56 cwt) and six 8-inch shell guns on the upper deck. The number of guns on the forecastle and quarterdeck increased to twenty-six 32-pounders (42 cwt) guns.[6]
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Notes
- ^ “Cwt” is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 63 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Citations
Bibliography
- Brown, David K. (2015) [1990]. Before the Ironclad: Warship Design and Development 1815–1860. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-605-6.
- 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.
- 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: Maintaing Naval Mastery 1815–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85117-591-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
