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
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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, p. 187.

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