,_50_Miles_ESE_of_Malta,_1_Feb_1852_RMG_PY0802_(cropped).jpg')) The then HMS Bellerophon, 50 Miles off the coast of Malta, c. 1852 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Waterloo |
| Ordered: | 1809 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | November 1813 |
| Launched: | 16 October 1818 |
| Renamed: | HMS Bellerophon, 1824 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1892 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 80-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2041 bm |
| Length: | 192 ft (59 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Waterloo was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line, launched on 16 October 1818 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Henry Peake, and was the only ship built to her draught. She had originally been ordered as HMS Talavera, but was renamed on the stocks after the Battle of Waterloo.[1]
In 1824 Waterloo was renamed HMS Bellerophon. She formed part of an experimental squadron, which were groups of ships sent out in the 1830s and 1840s to test new techniques of ship design, armament, building and propulsion.
She was placed on harbour service in 1848, and was sold in 1892.[1]
Notes
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.
External links
Media related to HMS Bellerophon (ship, 1824) at Wikimedia Commons
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