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53°12′14″N 4°13′01″W / 53.204°N 4.217°W
![]() HMS Conway (ex-HMS Nile) at Rock Ferry
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Name | HMS Conway |
Fate | Wrecked 1953 |
General characteristics *1857 – 1861 | |
Class and type | Conway-class corvette |
Tons burthen | 651 74/94 bm[1] |
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Beam | 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
General characteristics *1861 – 1875
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Class and type | Southampton-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1,468 11/94 bm (as designed) |
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Beam | 44 ft 3.25 in (13 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 6 in (4 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
General characteristics *1875 – 1953
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Class and type | Rodney-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2598 bm |
Length | 205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 54 ft 5 in (16.59 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
General characteristics 1953–1974 | |
Class and type | "Stone frigate" at Plas Newydd |
HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of her life aboard a 19th-century wooden ship of the line. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953, she ran aground and was wrecked, and later burned. The school moved to purpose-built premises on Anglesey where it continued for another twenty years.