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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hastings			East India Co., Bombay			22.6.1819	screw blockship 5.1855, coal hulk 1870

Technical data

Data variant	sailing	screw
Displacement normal, t	1733bm	2730
Displacement full, t
Length, m	53.9 gundeck	53.7 gundeck
Breadth, m	14.8	14.8
Draught, m	6.40 hold depth	6.44 hold depth
No of shafts		1
Machinery	sails	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.		597ihp
Max speed, kts		6.7
Fuel, t		coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	28 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr SBML, 28 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML	4 x 1 - 254/11 10'' 85cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 204/15 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 26 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML
Complement	600	600

Project history

74-gun 3nd rate two-decker. Built as a speculation by the East India Co. and purchased from them by the RN 22.6.1819.

Modernizations

1855: was converted to 60-gun screw ship with data as given in the table

Naval service

No significant events.