HMS St George (1840)

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HMS St George and Arethusa on the Hamoaze near Bull Point, by Edward Snell (engineer)
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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS St George
Ordered27 May 1819
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downMay 1827
Launched27 August 1840
FateSold, 1883
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeBroadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2694 bm
Length205 ft 5.5 in (62.624 m) (gundeck)
Beam54 ft 6 in (16.61 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 St George was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 August 1840 at Plymouth. [1]

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The Fire on the morning of 27 September 1840, which threatened to destroy the dockyard. St George pictured was far enough away from the blazing Talavera to escape destruction. Dockyard Fire, 1840, by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook LLR NELMS A 141-001.jpg
The Fire on the morning of 27 September 1840, which threatened to destroy the dockyard. St George pictured was far enough away from the blazing Talavera to escape destruction.

While in the dockyard and before being put to sea she was at risk of destruction. The dockyard suffered severe damage in a large scale fire on 25 September 1840; it started in the North Dock on HMS Talavera and Imogene were completely gutted, threatened HMS Minden, and spread to nearby buildings and equipment. Estimates for the damage were put at £150,000 in the values of the day, and would have totalled £500,000 had the fire not been contained by demolishing several surrounding buildings. [2]

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1883. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 190.
  2. ↑ "Dreadful Fire at Devonport". London: The Morning Chronicle. 25 September 1840. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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