HMS Nelson (1814)

HMVS Nelson HMVS Nelson photographed between 1870 and 1879
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Nelson
Ordered:	23 November 1805
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down:	December 1809
Launched:	4 July 1814
Fate:	Broken up, 1928
Notes:	Screw ship from 1860
General characteristics
Class and type:	Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2617 bm
Length:	205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m)
Depth of hold:	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	126 guns: Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades

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

HMS Nelson was a 126-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 July 1814 at Woolwich.

She was converted into a screw ship in 1860, being cut down to a two decker and fitted with an engine of 2,102 ihp for a speed of 10.5 knots.

In 1865 Nelson was gifted to the colony of Victoria as a training ship, and she was outfitted for £42,000 and sailed for Australia in October 1867 and sailing via the Cape of Good Hope, she arrived in February 1868.

She was the first ship to dock in the newly constructed Alfred Graving dock. Her armament in 1874 was listed as two 7in RML, twenty 64 lb guns, 20 32 lb guns and six 12 lb howitzers.

In 1879 Nelson was further cut down to a single deck and served for many years until sold in 1898. In 1900 Nelson was cut down yet again to create a lighter that kept the name Nelson. The top section was used to build a drogher named Oceanic. Nelson was eventually broken up in 1926.

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.
• Jones, Colin (1986) Australian Colonial Navies Australian War Memorial, ISBN 0-642-99479 X

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