HMS Lion (1847)

HMS Lion was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 July 1847 at Pembroke Dockyard.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lion.

HMS Lion and Implacable in 1894
History
UK
Name: HMS Lion
Builder: Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down: July 1840
Launched: 29 July 1847
Fate: Sold, 1905
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 2580 bm
Length: 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 750
Armament:
  • 78 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859. In 1871 Lion was activated as a training ship at Devonport, and for a number of years she was anchored off Torpoint. With the construction of a shore facility at Shotley, Lion was sold out of the navy for breaking up in 1905.[1]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.

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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