HMS Union (1811)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Union.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Union
Ordered	16 July 1801
Builder	Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down	October 1805
Launched	16 September 1811
Fate	Broken up, 1833
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Boyne-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,149 bm
Length	186 ft (57 m) (gundeck)
Beam	51 ft 5 in (15.67 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	98 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

Stern of the Union

HMS Union was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ^[1] launched on 16 November 1811 at Plymouth Dockyard. ^[2]

She was broken up in 1833. ^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 183.
2. "Plymouth Dock, Sept. 16". The Times. No. 8403. London. 19 September 1811. col A, p. 3.

References

• Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (revised ed.). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84415-717-4.

External links

• Media related to HMS Union (ship, 1811) at Wikimedia Commons