HMS Queen (1839)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Queen.
HMS Queen was a 110-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was the last purely sailing-built battleship to be ordered. Subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. All British battleships were constructed with sailing rig until the 1870s. HMS Queen had an auxiliary steam engine fitted in late 1850s. She was broken up in 1871.
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HMS Queen, Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Edward Rich Owen, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, leaving Malta (Robert Strickland Thomas, 1842) | |
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Name | HMS Queen |
Ordered | 29 October 1827 |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
Laid down | November 1833 |
Launched | 15 May 1839 |
Fate | Broken up, 1871 |
Notes | Screw ship from 1859 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 110-gun first-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 3104 bm |
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Beam | 60 ft 0+1⁄2 in (18.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 9 in (7.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails (and screw later) |
Complement | 950 |
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