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| Name | Nelson (1814) | Explanation | |
| Type | First rate | Type | Two-decker |
| Launched (Sail) | 4 July 1814 | Converted to screw | 7 February 1860 |
| Hull | Wooden | Length | 216 feet |
| Propulsion | Sail | Men | 830 |
| Builders measure | 2617 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2617 tons |
| Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 4096 tons | |
| Guns | 120 | Guns (as screw) | 89 |
| Fate | 1928 | Last in commission | - |
| Class | |||
| Ships book | ADM 135/319 | ||
| Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 July 1814 | Launched as 1st rate sailing ship at Woolwich Dockyard. | ||
| January 1840 | Out of commission at Portsmouth | ||
| Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 7 February 1860 | Undocked as screw at Portsmouth Dockyard. | ||
| Never commissioned for service as screw | |||
| 26 August 1867 - 13 February 1868 | Commissioned (for transfer to Australia) after being give to the Victoria government (as training ship or as inshore defence?). | ||
| (1870) | Melbourne. | ||
| 1878 | Razeed to frigate. | ||
| 28 April 1898 | Sold as store hulk. | ||
| 1898 | Sold as coaling hulk at Sydney, Australia, later at Launceston, Tasmania. | ||
| September 1928 | Broken up at Launceston. | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Tu 11 September 1860 | The following vessels comprise the four classes of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, the list corrected to this date :- First Class.- Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, 700 horsepower; Princess Royal, 91 guns, 400 horse-power; Shannon, 51 guns, 600 horse-power ; Immortalité, 51 guns, 600 horse-power; Volcano, 6 guns, 140 horse-power; Philomel, 6 guns, 80 horse-power; and gunboats Brazen, Beaver, Snapper, Traveller, Grinder, and Blazer, of two guns each, and 60 horse-power. Second Class.- Royal Sovereign, 131 guns, 800 horse-power; Victoria, 121 guns, 1,000 horse-power; Prince of Wales, 131 guns, 800 horse-power ; Duncan, 101 guns, 800 horse-power; Nelson, 91 guns, 500 horse-power; the Sutlej, 51 guns, 500 horse-power ; the Harrier, 17 guns, 100 horse-power; the Rinaldo, 17 guns, 200 horse-power; the Medea, 6 guns, 350 horse-power; the Stromboli, 6 guns, 280 horse-power; the Coquette, 6 guns, 200 horse-power; and the gunboats Cracker, Fancy, Swinger, Pincher, and Badger, of 60 horse-power each, and 2 guns. Third Class.- The Tribune, 31 guns, 300 horse-power; the Rosamond, 6 guns, 280-horse power; the Vigilant, 4 guns, 200 horse-power; the Vulture, 6 guns, 470 horse-power; the Cygnet, 5 guns, 80 horse-power; and the gunboats Cheerful, Rambler, Pet, Daisy, Angler, Chub, Ant, Pert, and Decoy, of two guns each and 21 horse-power. 4th Class.- The screw transport Fox, 200 horse-power; the Erebus, 16 guns, 200 horse-power; the Meteor, 14 guns, 150 horse-power; and the Glatton, 14 guns, 150 horse-power. The foregoing - not including the gunboats and mortar vessels in Haslar-yard - consist of seven line-of-battle ships, four frigates, two corvettes, nine sloops, three floating batteries, 20 gunboats, and one troop steamer. They give a total force of 1,150 guns, propelled by 11,420 horse-power (nominal). The Fox steam troopship is given in this return as not carrying any guns, but in the official Navy List she still carried "42" attached to her name. | ||
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