Caledonia class
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| Caledonia class | |
 Launch of the HMS Trafalgar |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| units | 9 |
| period of service |
June 25, 1808 - 1918 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length |
62 m |
| width |
16.31 m |
| Draft |
7.06 |
| drive |
sail |
| Armament |
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The Caledonia class consisted of nine first class ships of the line with 120 guns, designed by Sir William Rule for the Royal Navy . Originally a tenth ship (HMS Royal Frederick ) was ordered, which was launched in 1833 as HMS Queen and built according to a different design.
variants
The armament of the first three ships of this class remained the same, with the exception of an increase in firepower by installing six 18-pounders instead of just two on the poop deck. The armament of the fourth ship, the HMS Royal George , was changed significantly: two of the 32-pounders on the lower cannon deck were replaced with two 68-pound carronades , and all the cannons on the middle and upper cannon decks were replaced with the same number of 32-pounders . Four of the original six 12-pounders on the quarterdeck also became 32-pounders and the remaining two were upgraded to 18-pounders. In contrast, two 12-pounders on the forecastle and the carronades on the poop deck were removed.
The remaining five ships were built as a slightly widened version, this sub-class was armed in the same way as the last standard version, the HMS Royal George . Except for the HMS Caledonia itself, all other ships were converted to steam-powered warships with screw drives.
| Decks | Arming the first three ships | Armament of the remaining six ships |
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| lower canal deck | 32 × 32 pounder | 30 × 32-pounder, 2 × 68-pounder carronade |
| middle canal deck | 34 × 24 pounder | 34 × 32 pounder |
| upper cannon deck | 34 × 18 pounder | 34 × 32 pounder |
| Quarter deck | 6 × 12 pounder, 10 × 32 pounder carronades | 2 × 18-pounder, 14 × 32-pounder carronades |
| Foredeck | 2 × 12-pounder, 2 × 32-pounder carronades | 2 × 32 pounder carronades |
| Poop deck | 2 × 18 pounder carronades |
Ships
Standard group
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Order: January 19, 1797
- Keel laid: January 1st, 1805
- Launched: June 25, 1808
- Fate: Wrecked in 1875
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Order: June 11th. 1812
- Keel laying: December 1813
- Launched: October 20, 1820
- Fate: Wrecked in 1869
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Order: January 6, 1812
- Keel laying: July 17, 1815
- Launched: April 12, 1823
- Fate: Wrecked in 1873
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Order: June 2, 1819
- Keel laying: June 1823
- Launched: September 22, 1827
- Destiny: Sold in 1875
Broadened group
- Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
- Order: February 12, 1823
- Keel laying: January 1827
- Launched: September 22, 1832
- Destiny: Sold in 1875
- Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
- Order: December 30, 1823
- Keel laying: October 1825
- Launched: April 2, 1833
- Fate: burned down in 1899
- Builder: Chatham Dockyard
- Order: September 9, 1823
- Keel laying: March 1827
- Launched: June 10, 1833
- Fate: Burnt, 1918
- Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
- Order: June 2, 1819
- Keel laying: May 1827
- Launched: August 27, 1840
- Destiny: Sold in 1883
- Builder: Woolwich Dockyard
- Order: February 22, 1825
- Keel laying: November 1829
- Launched: June 21, 1841
- Destiny: Sold in 1906
literature
- Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet, 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- David Lyon, Rif Winfield: The Sail & Steam Navy List. All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing, London 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9 .