HMS Asia (1824)
HMS Asia (centre) fighting against two Ottoman ships at the Battle of Navarino | |
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Name: | HMS Asia |
Ordered: | 22 April 1819 |
Builder: | Bombay Dockyard |
Laid down: | January 1822 |
Launched: | 19 January 1824 |
Fate: | Sold, 1908 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Canopus-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 2289 bm |
Length: | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) |
Depth of hold: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
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HMS Asia was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 January 1824 at Bombay Dockyard.[1]
She was Codrington's flagship at the Battle of Navarino.
In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and during several years she was flagship of the Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.
In 1908 she was sold out of the navy.[1]
![](../I/m/Asia_Cooke.jpg)
Sternview of HMS Asia made by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)
Notes
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.
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