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HMS Waterloo (1818)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Waterloo
Ordered1809
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1813
Launched16 October 1818
RenamedHMS Bellerophon, 1824
FateSold, 1892
General characteristics [1]
Class and type80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2041 bm
Length192 ft (59 m) (gundeck)
Beam49 ft (15 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armamentlist error: mixed text and list (help)
80 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Waterloo was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line, launched on 16 October 1818 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Henry Peake, and was the only ship built to her draught. She had originally been ordered as HMS Talavera, but was renamed on the stocks after the Battle of Waterloo.[1]

In 1824 Waterloo was renamed HMS Bellerophon. She was placed on harbour service in 1848, and was sold in 1892.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 187.

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.