HMS Goliath (1842)

Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Goliath
Ordered:	7 October 1833
Builder:	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down:	February 1834
Launched:	25 July 1842
Fate:	Burnt, 22 December 1875
General characteristics
Class and type:	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2596 bm
Length:	190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Goliath.

HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.

Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857. In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys. Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays. Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.