HMS Lion (1847)

HMS Lion by Charles Dixon
History
United Kingdom
Name	Lion
Ordered	12 March 1840
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	July 1840
Launched	29 July 1847
Completed	26 September 1847 (in ordinary)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 11 July 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2583 42⁄94 bm
Length	190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	57 ft (17.4 m)
Draught	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 4 in (7.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	720 (wartime)
Armament	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Lion was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was fitted with steam propulsion in 1858–1859. In 1871 Lion was converted into a training ship at HM Dockyard, Devonport. The ship was sold for scrap in 1905.