HMS Formidable (1825)

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

Formidable at Sheerness in December 1850
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Formidable
Ordered8 May 1815
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1819
Launched19 May 1825
FateSold, 1906
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCanopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2289 bm
Length193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam52 ft 4+1⁄2 in (16.0 m) (16 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 84 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard.[1] With a crew of 700 she was one of the Navy's largest ships at that time.

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.