HMS Wellington (1816)

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HMS Wellington was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 September 1816 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]

Wellington
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Hero
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1813
Launched21 September 1816
RenamedHMS Wellington, 4 December 1816
FateSold, 1908
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1756 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

The ship had originally been named HMS Hero, but was renamed Wellington on 4 December 1816. She became a training ship in 1862, and Wellington was eventually sold out of the Navy in 1908.[1]

In 1826, HMS Wellington introduced mosquitos to the Hawaiian Islands. These mosquitoes were introduced to a stream on Maui when sailors seeking fresh water rinsed out their water barrels in the stream. Prior to this, no mosquitoes lived in Hawaii.[2]

Fleet Forming Line Abreast at the 1853 Review, Illustrated London News

Fate

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Wellington was converted to a training ship and named Akbar on 10 May 1862.[3] In January 1877, she was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was refloated on 4 January.[4] Akbar served in as a training ship until 1908. She arrived at Thos. W. Ward, Morecambe on 8 April 1908 for breaking up.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Lavery 2003, p.189.
  2. ^ Patterson 2009, p.162
  3. ^ a b Colledge & Warlow 2006, p.162
  4. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28832. London. 6 January 1877. col F, p. 7.

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