HMS Trafalgar (1820)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Trafalgar |
| Ordered: | 12 June 1807 |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down: | May 1813 |
| Launched: | 26 July 1820 |
| Renamed: |
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| Fate: | Sold, 1906 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 98-gun second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2404 bm |
| Length: | 196 ft (60 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 52 ft 6 in (16.00 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft 8 in (6.91 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
98 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Trafalgar.
HMS Trafalgar was ordered as a 98-gun second rate ship of the line,[1] re-rated as a 106-gun first rate ship of the line in February 1817 and launched on 26 July 1820 at Chatham. She was jointly designed by the Surveyors of the Navy at the time, and was the only ship built to her draught.[1]
She was renamed HMS Camperdown on 22 February 1825.
Camperdown was placed on harbour service in 1854, renamed HMS Pitt on 29 July 1882 and was sold out of the Navy in 1906.[1]
Notes
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.
- Winfield, Rif (2005) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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