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UNITED KINGDOM
SAINT GEORGE 1st rate sailing ships-of-the-line (1832-1842)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint George | Plymouth DYd | 5.1827 | 27.8.1840 | 1840 | screw ship 7.1859, sold 11.1883 | ||
| Neptune | Portsmouth DYd | 1.1827 | 27.9.1832 | 12.1832 | screw ship 81859, sold 1.1875 | ||
| Royal William | Pembroke DYd | 10.1825 | 2.4.1833 | 1834 | screw ship 2.1860, TS 11.1884 | ||
| Waterloo, 2.1862- Conqueror | Chatham DYd | 3.1827 | 10.6.1833 | 7.1833 | screw ship 4.1860, Marine Society TS 8.1876 | ||
| Trafalgar | Woolwich DYd | 12.1829 | 21.6.1841 | 6.10.1842 | screw ship 8.1859, TS 8.1870, training hulk 2.1873 |
Technical data
| Data variant | sailing | screw |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 2694bm |
Neptune: 3405 Trafalgar: 3850 Saint George: 4213 Waterloo: 3440 Royal William: 3520 |
| Displacement full, t | ||
| Length, m | 62.6 gundeck |
Neptune, Saint George: 66.0 pp Trafalgar: 65.8 pp Waterloo: 66.5 pp Royal William: 66.1 |
| Breadth, m | 16.6 |
St. George, Neptune, Royal William, Trafalgar: 16.9 Waterloo: 16.8 |
| Draught, m | 7.06 hold depth |
Neptune, Trafalgar: 7.06 hold depth Saint George: 7.24 hold depth Waterloo: 7.12 hold depth |
| No of shafts |
|
1 |
| Machinery | sails |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | St. George: 1730hp Royal William: 1763ihp Neptune: 1910ihp Waterloo: 1890ihp Trafalgar: 2275ihp |
|
| Max speed, kts | St. George, Trafalgar: 10.9 Royal William: 10.6 Neptune: 11.2 Waterloo: 11.3 |
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| Fuel, t | coal |
|
| Endurance, nm(kts) | ||
| Armament | 6 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 49cwt SBML, 18 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades |
1 x 1 - 206/15 SBML 68pdr 95cwt, 32 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
| Complement | 900 |
830 |
Project history
120-guns three-deckers. Broadened 1819 version of Caledonia class to carry increased weight of guns.
Modernizations
1850s, all: - 6 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 49cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/12 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades; + 4 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 56cwt SBML
1859, Neptune, Trafalgar, Saint George; 1860, Waterloo, Royal William: were converted to screw ships-of-the-line with data as given in the table
Naval service
No significant events.
