HMS Hastings (1819)

The Hastings, lying in Ordinary in the Medway, December 1829
History
United Kingdom
NameHastings
NamesakeWarren Hastings
BuilderKyd & Co, Kidderpore[2]
Launched8 January 1818[1]
FateSold to British Admiralty 1819
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Hastings
Acquired22 June 1819, from British East India Company
FateSold, 1886
General characteristics [3]
Class and type74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1732,[4] or 1763 (bm)
Length176 ft 10+12 in (53.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 6 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Figurehead from HMS Hastings[Note 1]

HMS Hastings was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in Calcutta for the Honourable East India Company, but the Royal Navy purchased her in 1819. The Navy sold her in 1886.

  1. ^ Lee (1912), pp.239-40.
  2. ^ National Archives:Hastings (2),[1] - accessed 23 November 2014.
  3. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Phipps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Guy, Stephen (2008). "National Museums Liverpool Blog - Immortalised in wood". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 13 May 2013.


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