HMS London ( Her Majesty's Ship “London” ) is a 92-gun rank-2 screw-ship battleship.
| "London" | |
|---|---|
| Hms london | |
 HMS London in Zanzibar, 1881 | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Class and type of vessel | Rodney - class propeller-driven ship of rank 2 [1] |
| Organization | Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | Chatham dockyard  Great Britain |
| Launched | September 28, 1840 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | sold in 1884 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2598 t ( approx. ) |
| Length between perpendiculars | 205.6 ft (62.64 m) (gondek) |
| Midship Width | 16.59 m |
| Draft | 7.06 |
| Engines | Sails , steam engine (since 1858) with a capacity of 500 liters. with. [2] |
| Speed | knot |
| Crew | person |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 92 |
| Gundeck Guns | 30 × 32 lb, 2 × 68 lb carronade |
| Guns on the operdek | 34 × 32 pounds |
| Guns on the Trench | 26 × 32 pounds |
Build
Launched at Chatham Dock in Chatham on the Medway River in Kent ( UK ) on September 28, 1840.
Service
Crimean War
In 1854, HMS London took part in the bombing of Fort Constantine in Sevastopol , while receiving damage in return fire. Received awards for participating in the Crimean War . [3]
Further fate
During repair work, the ship received in 1858 a steam engine and a screw drive, the number of guns was reduced to 72. In 1873, turned into a blockchain in Zanzibar Bay off the east coast of Africa .
End of Service
The last entry in the ship's log - "Paid ship off" - was made on January 22, 1883.
After the sale in 1884 for firewood and nails, it was dismantled [4] .
Rodney ships of the same type
- HMS Rodney
- Hms nile
See also
- The list of ships of the Crimean War
Notes
- ↑ HMS London, class (English)
- ↑ HMS London
- ↑ HMS London 1840, Crimean War (English)
- ↑ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p190. (eng.)