HMS Exmouth (1854)

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

Exmouth signalling her arrival at Naples
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Exmouth
Ordered12 March 1840
Builder
  • Devonport Dockyard
  • fitting out at Devonport Dockyard
  • Machinery by Maudslay, Sons & Field
Laid down13 September 1841
Launched12 July 1854
Commissioned15 March 1855
Out of serviceLent to Metropolitan Asylums Board as a training ship in 1877
FateSold for breaking up on 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Class and typeAlbion-class ship of the line
Displacement4,382 tons
Tons burthen3,083 tons
Length243 ft (74 m) (overall)
Beam60 ft 2.5 in (18.352 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Propulsion
  • Sails
  • 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion
  • Single screw
  • 400 nhp (1,533 ihp) = 9.55kts
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement830 officers and men
Armament
  • 91 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 8in
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck and Forecastle: 26 × 32 pdrs, 1 × 68 pdr

HMS Exmouth was a 91-gun screw propelled Albion-class second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.