HMS Collingwood (1841)

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|Ship country=United Kingdom

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|Ship name=HMS Collingwood

|Ship ordered=23 June 1832

|Ship builder=Pembroke Dockyard

|Ship laid down=September 1835

|Ship launched=17 August 1841

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|Ship fate=Sold, 1867

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|Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 191.

|Ship class={{sclass|Vanguard|ship of the line|3}}

|Ship tons burthen= 2589 bm

|Ship length={{convert|190|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck)

|Ship beam={{convert|56|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship hold depth={{convert|22|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship

|Ship propulsion=Sails

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|Ship armament=*78 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

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HMS Collingwood was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 August 1841 at Pembroke Dockyard.

File:HMS Collingwood, 80 guns, in the bay of Valparaiso, 25 October 1847, at the moment of shifting the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, C.B. & G.C.H. from white to the red with HMS Carysfort, in attendance and saluting CSK 2004.jpg, 25 October 1847, at the moment of shifting the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour from white to the red with HMS Carysfort, in attendance and saluting]]

It was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861, and sold out of the navy in 1867.

One of its first crew was Midshipman (later Commodore) James Graham Goodenough, whilst the ship was in the Pacific fleet of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour.Wikisource:Goodenough, James Graham (DNB00)

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References

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  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
  • Kay, H Alison (1986) HMS Collingwood 1844-1848 (Pacific Station), From the Journals of Philip Horatio Townsend Somerville, R.N. The Pentland Press {{ISBN|0-946270-31-7}}

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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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