HMS Rodney (1833)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rodney.
HMS Rodney was a two-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1833, she was broken up in 1884.
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Bombardment Of Sebastopol by HMS Rodney, showing HMS Spiteful – a 6-gun steam sloop on her starboard side[1]
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Name | HMS Rodney |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | July 1827 |
Launched | 18 June 1833 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1835 |
Fate | Broken up, February 1884 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Rodney-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2598 bm |
Length | 205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 54 ft 5 in (16.59 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
Propulsion | Sails (and steam, after 1860) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 850 men |
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