The HMS Queen was a warship in the British Royal Navy . It was ordered on October 29, 1827, and the keel was laid in 1833 under the name Royal Frederick as a ship of the line of the Caledonia class with 120 cannons, but ultimately built according to a different design. The ship was designed by William Symonds . On May 15, 1839, the ship with 110 cannons was launched in Portsmouth and was christened Queen . It served as the flagship in the Mediterranean and Black Seas .
In 1842 Queen Victoria visited the ship. In 1854 it bombed Sevastopol during the Crimean War and was hit by a shell on October 11, 1854 and set on fire. In 1859 the ship was reduced to two decks with 86 cannons and was given a screw drive . In 1871 it was scrapped at Castle Yard in Charlton .
The most famous members of the crew included the future British Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood (1839-1919) and the sea turtle Timothy (around 1844-2004).
