HMS Meeanee (1848)
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Name: | HMS Meeanee |
Builder: | Bombay Dockyard |
Laid down: | April 1842 |
Launched: | 11 November 1848 |
Fate: | Broken up, 1906 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 2591 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 |
Armament: |
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HMS Meeanee was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 November 1842 at Bombay Dockyard.[1] She was named after the Battle of Meeanee.
Meeanee was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857, and was broken up in 1906.[1]
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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