HMS Rodney (1833)

Bombardment Of Sebastopol by HMS Rodney, showing HMS Spiteful – a 6-gun steam sloop on her starboard side[1] (17 October 1854, Crimean War)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rodney
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1827
Launched18 June 1833
Commissioned29 August 1835
FateBroken up, February 1884
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeRodney-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2598 bm
Length205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck)
Beam54 ft 5 in (16.59 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
PropulsionSails (and steam, after 1860)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement850 men
Armament
  • As second rate, 90 guns:
    • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
    • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
    • Quarterdeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
Rodney leaving Barcelona 1837, by Nicolas S. Cammillieri

HMS Rodney was a two-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1833, she was broken up in 1884.

  1. ^ http://sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/Hurrah/Chap_03.htm Benyon
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.