HMS Boyne (1810)

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Fight of the Romulus against HMS Boyne and HMS Caledonia, by Vincent Courdouan (1848)
History
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NameHMS Boyne
Namesake Battle of the Boyne
Ordered25 June 1801
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downApril 1806
Launched3 July 1810
RenamedHMS Excellent, 1834
FateBroken up, 1861
General characteristics [1] [2]
Class and type Boyne-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2155 bm
Length186 ft (57 m) (gundeck)
Beam51 ft 5 in (15.67 m)
Depth of hold22 ft (6.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Complement738 (650 razeed)
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
  • 76 guns (after being razeed):
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Boyne was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Nicholas Diddams at Portsmouth Dockyard [3] and launched on 3 July 1810 at Portsmouth. [1] On 12 February 1814 she took part with HMS Caledonia in a hot action against the French line-of-battle ship Romulus off Toulon; the French 74 managed to escape to Toulon by sailing close to the coast to avoid being surrounded. With the 1817 changes to the rating system Boyne was rerated as a 104-gun first rate ship. [2]

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On 23 November 1824, Boyne was driven ashore at Portsmouth during a gale. [4] In 1826 she was cut down (razeed) to become a two-deck, 76-gun third-rate ship of the line. [2] On 1 December 1834 she was renamed HMS Excellent and became a training ship. On 22 November 1859 she was renamed HMS Queen Charlotte and paid off the following month before being broken up from December 1861. [1] [2]

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Boyne at Portsmouth 1826

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 183.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793 - 1817, p. 27.
  3. "Nicholas Diddams".
  4. "The Late Gales". The Times. No. 12508. London. 26 November 1824. col E, A, p. 3, 4.

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