HMS Neptune (1832)

HMS Neptune was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 September 1832 at Portsmouth.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Neptune.

Neptune portrayed in the Illustrated London News, 1854
History
UK
Name: HMS Neptune
Namesake: Neptune
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: January 1827
Launched: 22 September 1832
Fate: Sold, 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2694 bm
Length: 205 ft 5.5 in (62.624 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 54 ft 6 in (16.61 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68-pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 14 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1875.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.

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.
  • Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing, London. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.


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