HMS Waterloo (1833)
{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=The Waterloo, of 120 Guns, Launched in the Reign of William IV (PAD6159).jpg |Ship caption=Waterloo, of 120 guns, launched in the Reign of William IV }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=HMS Waterloo |Ship ordered=9 September 1823 |Ship builder=Chatham Dockyard |Ship laid down=March 1827 |Ship launched=10 June 1833 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned=Paid off 1866Lambert Battleships in Transition, p. 134. |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed=*HMS Conqueror, 1862 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Burnt, 1918 |Ship notes=*Converted to steam 89-gun 2-decker, }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 190. |Ship class=Broadened {{sclass|Caledonia|ship of the line}} |Ship tons burthen=2,694 bm |Ship length={{convert|205|ft|5.5|in|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) |Ship beam={{convert|54|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|23|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion=From 1859, 500 nhp Maudlay engine, single screw |Ship complement= |Ship armament=* As designed:
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HMS Waterloo was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 June 1833 at Chatham.
Waterloo was cut down to an 89-gun 2-decker and converted to steam at Chatham 1 April 1859 – 12 December 1859. Following the loss of the modern 101-gun steam 2-decker {{HMS|Conqueror|1855|2}} in 1861, Waterloo was renamed Conqueror in 1862. In 1864 she served on the China station under the command of Captain William Luard, and was paid off in 1866.
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In 1877 she was renamed HMS Warspite and served as a training ship at Greenhithe/Woolwich.
She was destroyed by fire in 1918, with 250 boys embarked at the time."The Warspite Fire". The Times (41718): Col B, p. 3. 20 February 1918. Three teenage boys later claimed to have started the fire deliberately."Charge Of Burning The Warspite". The Times (41694): Col E, p. 3. 23 January 1918. They were charged for the alleged act and ordered to three years' detention at a reformatory.
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References
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- Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815–1860, published Conway Maritime Press, 1984. {{ISBN|0-85177-315-X}}.
- 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}}.
- Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif (2004) The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing, London. {{ISBN|1-86176-032-9}}.
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Category:Caledonia-class ships of the line
Category:Ships built in Chatham
Category:Shipwrecks of the River Thames
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