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HMS St Vincent (1815)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS St Vincent
Ordered: 15 January 1806
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: May 1810
Launched: 11 March 1815
Fate: Sold, 1906
General characteristics
Class and type: Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2601 tons (2642.7 tonnes)
Length: 205 ft (62.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 53 ft 8¾ in (16.4 m)
Depth of hold: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Propulsion: Sails
Armament: 120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS St Vincent was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 March 1815 at Plymouth. St Vincent was placed on harbour service in 1841, and was sold out of the service in 1906.

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.

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