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UNITED KINGDOM
VANGUARD 2nd rate sailing ships-of-the-line (1836-1849)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard, 10.1867- Ajax | Pembroke DYd | 5.1833 | 25.8.1835 | 5.7.1836 | BU 6.1875 | ||
| Collingwood | Pembroke DYd | 9.1835 | 17.8.1841 | 20.7.1844 | screw battleship 7.1861, sold 3.1867 | ||
| Goliath | Chatham DYd | 2.1834 | 25.7.1842 | 7.10.1842 | screw battleship 11.1857, TS 11.1870 | ||
| Superb | Pembroke DYd | 11.1838 | 6.9.1842 | 26.4.1845 | accommodation ship 8.1864 | ||
| Meeanee (ex-Madras) | East India Co., Bombay | 4.1842 | 11.11.1848 | 4.4.1849 | screw battleship 10.1857, to War Dept 3.1867 | ||
| Centurion | Pembroke DYd | 7.1839 | 2.5.1844 | 10.6.1844 | screw battleship 11.1855, sold 3.1870 | ||
| Colossus | Pembroke DYd | 10.1843 | 1.6.1848 | 3.7.1848 | screw battleship 6.1855, guardship 6.1860 | ||
| Mars | Chatham DYd | 12.1839 | 1.7.1848 | 30.8.1848 | screw battleship 6.1856, TS 5.1869 | ||
| Majestic | Chatham DYd | 2.1841 | --- | --- | reordered as screw battleship 11.1852 | ||
| Irresistible | Chatham DYd | 1.1.1849 | --- | --- | reordered as screw battleship 6.1854 | ||
| Lion | Pembroke DYd | 7.1840 | 29.7.1847 | 26.9.1847 | screw battleship 5.1859, TS 1871 |
Technical data
| Data variant | sailing | screw |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 2590bm |
3482 |
| Displacement full, t | ||
| Length, m | 57.9 gundeck |
57.9 gundeck |
| Breadth, m | 17.3 |
17.3 |
| Draught, m | 7.11 hold depth |
7.11 hold depth |
| No of shafts |
|
1 |
| Machinery | sails |
Centurion, Mars, Collingwood: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE Colossus, Goliath, Meeanee, Lion: sails + 1 2-cyl HSE (trunked) |
| Power, h. p. | Centurion: 1255ihp Colossus: 1458ihp Goliath: 1438ihp Meeanee: 1456ihp Lion: 1665ihp Collingwood: 1424ihp |
|
| Max speed, kts | Centurion: 8.5 Colossus: 9.3 Goliath: 9.2 Meeanee: 9.7 Lion: 10.3 Collingwood: 10.5 |
|
| Fuel, t | coal |
|
| Endurance, nm(kts) | ||
| Armament | 4 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr shell SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 26 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
14 x 1 - 204/15 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 24 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
| Complement | 720 |
750 |
Project history
80-gun 2nd rate two-deckers. William Symonds design, approved in 1832.
Modernizations
1855, Centurion, Colossus; 1856, Mars; 1857, Goliath, Meeanee; 1859, Lion; 1861, Collingwood: were converted to 91-gun screw ships with data as given in the table
Naval service
No significant events.
