HMS Howe (1815)

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H.M.S. Howe - entering Malta Harbour 1843 RMG PY0793 (cropped).jpg
HMS Howe entering the harbor at Malta, 1843
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Howe
Ordered15 January 1806
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downJune 1808
Launched28 March 1815
FateBroken up, 1854
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2619 bm
Length205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m)
Depth of hold24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
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 Howe was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1815 at Chatham. [1]

Contents

Howe was broken up in 1854. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187.

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