HMS Duke of Wellington (1852) (Ex-Windsor Castle)

Type:
1st Rate 131 Gun Ship of the Line

Class:
Duke of Wellington
Builder:
Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke, Wales
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
N/A
Keel Laid:
May 1849
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
September 14, 1852
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Sold April 12, 1904 and scrapped.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
240' 6"
Engines:
1 steam engine by Robert Napier
Beam:
60'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
N/A
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
6,071
HP:
780
Speed:
10 knots
Crew:
N/A
Range:
N/A


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
16
8"
single mounts
N/A
1
68 pounder
single mounts
N/A
114
32 pounders
single mounts
N/A


Notes
Oct. 1, 1852:
Renamed in honour of the Duke of Wellington, who died on the day she was launched.


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Page created Mar. 8, 2008