ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. The ship was fitted with steam propulsion in 1854–1855, and was sold for
scrap
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in 1867.
Description
The ''Vanguard'' class was designed by
Sir William Symonds
Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782 – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship ''Nil'', Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia)Surveyor of the Navy, with each ship built with a slightly different hull shape to evaluate their speed and handling characteristics. ''Superb'' had a length at the
gundeck
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of and at the keel. She had a beam of , a draught of and a depth of hold of . The ship's tonnage was 2,583 tons
burthen
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.Winfield, p. 171 The ''Vanguard''s had a wartime crew of 720 officers and ratings.Lyon & Winfield, p. 97
The ''Vanguard'' class ships of the line were armed with twenty 32-pounder (56 cwt)"Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun. cannon and two 68-pounder
carronade
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s on her lower
gundeck
The term gun deck used to refer to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. The term is generally applied to decks enclosed under a roof; smaller and unrated vessels carried their guns on ...
, twenty-eight 32-pounder (50 cwt) cannon and another pair of 68-pounder carronades on the upper gundeck. On her
quarterdeck
The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship. Traditionally it was where the captain commanded his vessel and where the ship's colours were kept. This led to its use as the main ceremonial and reception area on bo ...
were fourteen 32-pounder (42 cwt) cannon and on the forecastle deck were eight more 32-pounder (42 cwt) cannon.
Modifications
When ''Colossus'' was ordered to be modified for steam propulsion in 1854, she was fitted with a two-cylinder horizontal trunk steam engine of 400 nominal horsepower that drove a single propeller shaft. On trials the engine produced which gave the ship a speed of .Lyon & Winfield, p. 189
Construction and career
''Colossus'' was ordered from Pembroke Dockyard on 18 March 1839 and laid down in October 1843. She was launched on 1 June 1848 and completed on 3 July. The ship was not fitted out and ''Colossus'' was placed in ordinary. Her construction cost £59,119. Between January 1854 and June 1855, she was fitted with steam propulsion.
''Colossus'' was sold for scrap on March 1867.Lavery, p. 191
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Citations
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .
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