HMS Aboukir (1848)
Appearance
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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aboukir.
HMS Aboukir at Port Royal, Jamaica. circa 1865
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Aboukir |
Ordered | 18 March 1839 |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | August 1840 |
Launched | 4 April 1848 |
Completed | 1 January 1858 |
Reclassified |
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Fate | Sold for breaking up on 23 November 1877 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Albion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 3,09970⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 60 ft 2.25 in (18.3452 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 750 (peace)/820 (war) |
Armament |
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General characteristics after conversion | |
Class and type | Albion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 3,091 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 60 ft 1+1⁄4 in (18.320 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 8+1⁄2 in (7.226 m) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Speed | 9.55 knots (under steam) |
Complement | 830 |
Armament |
HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched in 1848.
Career
[edit ]On 6 July 1861, Aboukir ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Repairs cost 302ドル.[1] The navy refitted her with screw propulsion in 1858 and sold her in 1877. A monument on Southsea seafront[2] commemorates an outbreak of Yellow Fever aboard her between 1873 and 1874.[3]
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