HMS Majestic (1853)

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

Sweethearts and Wives by John Lee, depicting sailors heading out to duty on HMS Majestic (visible in the upper right) in 1860, when it served as part of the port defences of Liverpool.[1]
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Majestic
BuilderChatham dockyard
Launched1 December 1853
FateBroken up, 1868
General characteristics
Class and typeSecond rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2589 tons
Length190 ft (58 m)
Beam57 ft (17 m)
PropulsionSails and screw
Armament
  • 80 guns:
  • 12 × 8 in
  • 68 × 32 pdrs[2]

HMS Majestic was the second ship to bear the name. She was an 80-gun second rate ship of the line, built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 1 December 1853. She spent 12 years on the stocks beforehand.[2] She was fitted with both sail and screw propulsion. She served in the Crimean War, and acted as part of Liverpool's harbour defences from 1860–66, during which time she was noted for blocking two ships commissioned by the American Confederacy from leaving Laird's Shipyard in Birkenhead.[1][3] She was eventually broken up in 1868 after 15 years in service.[2]

Majestic becalmed in the Baltic, 1854[4]
  1. ^ a b "'Sweethearts and Wives' - John Lee". Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  3. ^ "Sweethearts and Wives, by John Lee". Archived from the original on 19 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ^ "- National Maritime Museum". Collections.rmg.co.uk.