Caledonia class ship of the line
- Caledonia class ship of the line
The "Caledonia"-class ships of the line were a class of nine 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule.
The armament remained the same for the first 3 ships of the class, with the exception of an increase in firepower on the poop deck from 2 to 6 18-pdr carronades. The armament for the fourth ship was dramatically increased, with two of the 32-pdrs on the main gun deck being replaced with 68-pdr carronades, all guns on the middle and upper gun decks being replaced with the same number of 32-pdrs, four of the 12-pdr guns on the quarterdeck were replaced with 32-pdr carronades, and the remaining two were increased to 18-pdrs, along with the two 12-pdrs on the forecastle, and the carronades on the poop deck were removed. The remaining five ships were built to a slightly broadened version of the draught, and this sub-class was armed in the same was as the last of the standard "Caledonias", HMS|Royal George|1827|6.
hips
tandard group
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HMS|Caledonia|1808|6:Builder:
Plymouth Dockyard:Ordered:
19 January 1797:Launched:
25 June 1808:Fate: Broken up, 1875
*HMS|Britannia|1820|6:Builder: Plymouth Dockyard:Ordered: 11 June 1812:Launched: 20 October 1820:Fate: Broken up, 1869
*HMS|Prince Regent|1823|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched: 12 April 1823:Fate: Broken up, 1873
*HMS|Royal George|1827|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: 2 September 1819:Launched: 22 September 1827:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1875
Broadened group
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HMS|Neptune|1832|6:Builder:
Portsmouth Dockyard:Ordered: Unknown:Launched:
22 September 1832:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1875
*HMS|Royal William|1833|6:Builder: Pembroke Dockyard:Ordered: 30 December 1823:Launched: 2 April 1833:Fate: Burnt, 1899
*HMS|Waterloo|1833|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: 9 September 1823:Launched: 10 June 1833:Fate: Burnt, 1918
*HMS|St George|1840|6:Builder: Plymouth Dockyard:Ordered: 27 May 1819:Launched: 27 August 1840:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1883
*HMS|Trafalgar|1841|6:Builder: Woolwich Dockyard:Ordered: 19 February 1825:Launched: 21 June 1841:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1906
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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