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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | HMS Hero |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | July 1813 |
| Launched: | 21 September 1816 |
| Renamed: | HMS Wellington, 4 December 1816 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1908 |
| General characteristics [1] |
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| Class and type: | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1756 bm |
| Length: | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 74 guns: - Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
- Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
- Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
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HMS Hero was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 September 1816 at Deptford.[1]
On 4 December 1816 Hero was renamed HMS Wellington. She became a training ship in 1862, and Wellington was eventually sold out of the Navy in 1908.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.
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.