Name | Collingwood (1841) | Explanation | |
Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
Launched (Sail) | 17 August 1841 | Converted to screw | 13 July 1861 |
Hull | Wooden | Length | 190 feet |
Propulsion | Sail | Men | 750 |
Builders measure | 2589 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2589 tons |
Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 3482 tons | |
Guns | 80 | Guns (as screw) | 80 |
Fate | 1867 | Last in commission | - |
Class | Class (as screw) | Majestic | |
Ships book | ADM 135/96 | ||
Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
Date | Event | ||
17 August 1841 | Launched as 3rd rate sailing ship at Pembroke Dockyard. | ||
8 May 1844 - 13 August 1844 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Commander Henry Broadhead, Portsmouth | ||
13 August 1844 - 20 July 1848 | Commanded (until paying off at Portsmouth) by Captain Robert Smart, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour, Pacific | ||
Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 July 1861 | Undocked as screw at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
Never fitted for sea as screw ship | |||
March 1867 | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton. |
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