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HMS Vigo (1810)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Vigo
Ordered20 October 1806
BuilderRoss, Rochester
Laid downApril 1807
Launched21 February 1810
FateBroken up, 1865
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Tons burthen1787 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Vigo was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 February 1810 at Rochester.[1]

She became a receiving ship in 1827, and was broken up in 1865.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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