HMS Goliath (1842)

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The Duchess of Buccleuch launches the Goliath
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NameHMS Goliath
Ordered7 October 1833
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downFebruary 1834
Launched25 July 1842
FateBurnt, 22 December 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2596 bm
Length190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 78 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades
Launch of the Goliath (far right) and the Virago at Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard - Launch of the Goliath and the Virago ILN 1842-0730-0009.jpg
Launch of the Goliath (far right) and the Virago at Chatham Dockyard

HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard. [1]

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Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857. [1] In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys.

Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath, The Illustrated London News, 1876 Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath - ILN 1876.png
Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath, The Illustrated London News, 1876

Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays. [2] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.[ citation needed ]

The burning. The Graphic 1876 The Burning of the Training-Ship 'Goliath' - The Graphic 1876.jpg
The burning. The Graphic 1876

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
  2. The Times (London), Thursday, 23 December 1875, p.5

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