HMS Royal George (1827)

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Depiction of HMS Royal George by Charles Fitzgerald
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Royal George
Ordered2 September 1819
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downJune 1823
Launched22 September 1827
FateSold, 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2616 bm
Length205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam53 ft 6 in (16.31 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
PropulsionSails
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

HMS Royal George was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 September 1827 at Chatham Dockyard. [1]

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Remains of the stern posts, and pieces of the after end of the main keel - showing the effects of the large cylinder of gun powder which was exploded on 11 May 1840 H.M.S. Royal George. Remains of the Stern Posts, pieces of the after end of the main Keel - showing the effects of the large Cylinder of gun powder which was exploded on the 11th of May 1840 RMG PW7942.tiff
Remains of the stern posts, and pieces of the after end of the main keel - showing the effects of the large cylinder of gun powder which was exploded on 11 May 1840

In 1853 she was fitted with screw propulsion. [1] Boilers and engines were placed in space previously used for water tanks. Further space had to be given over to storing coal, which made the ship rather crowded.

Part of the Baltic Fleet off Cronstadt, ships L-R; Orion; Du Quesne; Royal George; Tourville, Flag Ship of Admiral Penaud. Illustrated London News 1855 Part of the Baltic Fleet off Cronstadt - ILN 1855.jpg
Part of the Baltic Fleet off Cronstadt, ships L-R; Orion; Du Quesne; Royal George; Tourville, Flag Ship of Admiral Penaud. Illustrated London News 1855

In February 1856 Captain Henry Codrington was replaced by Captain Robinson. [2]

It was announced in 1864 that she would replace the Ajax as the Coast-guard ship at Devonport. [3]

On 27 October 1867, Royal George was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated with assistance from RMS Ulster. [4] She was sold out of the service in 1875. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.
  2. admiral Charles Cooper Penrose Fitzgerald (1913). Memories of the Sea. London: Edward Arnold.
  3. "Devonport". Portsmouth, Hampshire: Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. 13 February 1864. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. "Fearful Storm in the Channel". Daily News. No. 6704. London. 29 October 1867.

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