HMS Warspite (His Majesty's Warspite Ship) is a third-rank 74-gun battleship . The fourth ship of the Royal Navy , named HMS Warspite . The second of two battleships built according to this drawing (the first HMS Colossus ) [1] . He belonged to the so-called "large 74-gun ships", carrying 24-pound cannons on the upper gun deck, instead of the 18-pounders of the "usual 74-guns". Laid on December 3, 1805 . Launched on November 16, 1807 at the royal shipyard in Chatham [2] .
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| Class and type of vessel | 3 rank battleship |
| Type of sailing equipment | Three-masted ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | shipyard in Chatham |
| Construction started | December 3, 1805 |
| Launched | November 16, 1807 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | burned down in 1876 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1920 tons |
| Gondek length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Mid- width width | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Crew | 600 |
| Armament as a battleship | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Gundeck Guns | 28 × 32 pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 30 × 24 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 12 × 9 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 4 × 9 fnl. guns |
| Armament as a 50-gun frigate | |
| Guns on the operdek | 28 × 32 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 16 × 32 fnl. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 6 × 32 fnl. guns |
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Service
From 1807 to 1810 Warspite supported the ground forces during the Iberian Wars [3] . He took part in the blockade of Toulon in 1810. He then joined the Canal fleet, defending British merchant ships while intercepting French and American ships. At the beginning of 1813, Warspite seized several valuable prizes, including several American schooners bound for Philadelphia with a load of brandy, wine, silk, and other goods.
In June 1814, the ship, under the command of Captain James O'Brien, arrived at the North American station, delivering reinforcements for Quebec ; he was the first 74-gun ship to sail so far up the St. Lawrence River [4] .
It was sent to the reserve in 1815, but returned to service in 1817 when it was re-rated as a 76-gun battleship [3] . In 1825, he sailed from Portsmouth with Rear Admiral Philip Vudehaus as the new commander of the station in the West Indies . In the years 1826-1827, he traveled around the world under the command of Captain William Parker, also being the first battleship to visit the colony of New South Wales in Australia .
Returning to the station with the squadron at the end of 1828, he was sent to deliver John Kapodistrias , President of the Hellenic Republic, to various places throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the blockade of Navarin, Modon and Coron. In this capacity, he helped repel the attack of two Egyptian corvettes at Cape Navarin , while one of them received significant damage. Captain Parker then participated in several negotiations with Ibrahim Pasha to agree on the withdrawal of Egyptian troops from Greece [5] .
In 1831, the ship was in South America (at the Rio de Janeiro station) as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Baker, Captain Charles Talbot, while taking part in the rescue of HMS Thetis at Cape Frio in 1830.
In 1840, Warspite was cut to a 50-gun frigate [2] . He was sent to serve at the main station under the command of Lord John Hay, and then visited the United States in 1842, exchanging greetings with USS North Carolina and the frigate Columbia in New York Harbor [3] .
After that, he was sent to fight piracy and patrol in the Mediterranean , including the blockade of the mouth of the Xanthus River in 1844 [3] . The last commander of the ship, Captain Wallis, was at the station in Gibraltar for a while before the ship was transferred to the reserve in 1846.
In 1862, he was leased to the Maritime Society as a training ship for the young. At this time, he was moored on the Thames between Woolwich and Charlton. On board for about 10 months, approximately 150 Jung trained. On August 6, 1863, a ship standing on a joke was rammed by the Russian battleship Pervenets when it passed sea trials.
Warspite burned out during an accidental fire in January 1876, after which the remainder of the ship was sold for scrap on February 2, 1876 [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Winfield, 2004 , p. 40
- ↑ 1 2 3 B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 184.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ballantyne, 2001 , p. sixteen.
- ↑ Marshall, 1835 , p. 137.
- ↑ George, 1831 , p. 426.
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- Rif Winfield, David Lyon. The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. - London: Chatham Publishing, 2004 .-- ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6 .
- Iain Ballantyne. Warspite warships of the royal navy. - Pen & sword books Ltd, 2001. - ISBN 0-85052-779-1 .
- John Marshall Royal Naval Biography. - London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1835. - T. IV.
- Thomas Keppel Albemarle George. Narrative of a journey across the Balcan. - H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831. - T. I.
Links
- HMS Warspite Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels and a few of their movements
- HMS Warspite Ships of the Old Navy