HMS Vanguard (1835)

Vanguard, at the close of a sailing trial on 24 June 1837
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vanguard
Ordered	23 June 1832
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	May 1833
Launched	25 August 1835
Commissioned	1837
Renamed	HMS Ajax, 1867
Fate	Broken up, 1875
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Vanguard class ship of the line
Displacement	2889 tons (2935.4 tonnes)
Tons burthen	2609 bm
Length	190 ft (58 m) (gundeck); 155 ft 3 in (47.3 m) (keel, for tonnage)
Beam	56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	700-750 officers and men (gun crew = 702 men)
Armament	78 guns (4 July 1832, as ordered): Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt) Quarterdeck: 10 × 32 pdrs (25 cwt) Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs (42 cwt), 4 × 32 pdr carronades (25 cwt) Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades (10 cwt) 80 guns (3 December 1834 - as launched): Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades (60 cwt) Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades (60 cwt) Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt) Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt), 4 × 32 pdr carronades (25 cwt) Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades (10 cwt)
Notes	Cost to build: £56,983 Cost to fit for sea: £20,756

The sixth HMS Vanguard, of the British Royal Navy was a 78-gun (or 80-gun) second-rate ship of the line, launched on 25 August 1835 at Pembroke Yard.^[1] She was the first of a new type of sailing battleship: a Symondite.