HMS Howe (1815)

HMS Howe was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 March 1815 at Chatham.[1]

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

HMS Howe entering the harbor at Malta, 1843
History
UK
Name: HMS Howe
Ordered: 15 January 1806
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: June 1808
Launched: 28 March 1815
Fate: Broken up, 1854
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2619 bm
Length: 205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m)
Depth of hold: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament:
  • 120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades

Howe was broken up in 1854.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187.

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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