Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Aboukir at Port Royal, Jamaica. circa 1865
History United Kingdom Name HMS Aboukir Ordered 18 March 1839 Builder Devonport Dockyard Laid down August 1840 Launched 4 April 1848 Completed 1 January 1858 Reclassified Fate Sold for breaking up on 23 November 1877 General characteristics as built Class and type Albion -classsecond-rate ship of the line Tons burthen 3,09970 ⁄94 bm ) Length 204 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 166 ft (51 m) (keel) Beam 60 ft 2.25 in (18.3452 m) Depth of hold 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) Sail plan Full-rigged ship Complement 750 (peace)/820 (war) Armament 90 guns: Lower gundeck: 4 × 68-pounder guns + 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 6 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell guns Quarterdeck : 16 × 32-pounder guns + 2 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell gunsForecastle : 8 × 32-pounder guns General characteristics after conversion Class and type Albion -class 90-gun second-rate ship of the lineTons burthen 3,091 (bm ) Length 204 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 4+ 1 ⁄4 in (50.400 m) (keel) Beam 1+ 1 ⁄4 in (18.320 m)Depth of hold 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (7.226 m)Propulsion 2-cylinder horizontal trunk engine Single screw 400 nhp 1,533 ihp Sail plan Full-rigged ship Speed 9.55 knots (under steam) Complement 830 Armament 91 guns: Lower gundeck: 32 × 8-inch guns Upper gundeck: 32 × 32-pounder guns QD /Fc : 26 × 32-pounder guns + 1 × 68-pounder gun
HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched in 1848.
On 6 July 1861, Aboukir ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Repairs cost £302.[ 1] screw propulsion in 1858 and sold her in 1877. A monument on Southsea seafront[ 2] Yellow Fever aboard her between 1873 and 1874.[ 3]
Memorial at Southsea Aboukir ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph . No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873. ^ Geograph ^ Hansard
Shipwrecks 20 Feb: Enchantress 5 Mar: Monarch 8 Apr: Witchcraft 20 Apr: USS Columbus , USS Delaware , USS Germantown , USS Merrimack , USS Pennsylvania , USS Plymouth , USS Raritan 21 Apr: USS Columbia , USS Dolphin , USS New York 1 Jun: Lord Hungerford 4 Jun: Canadian 3 Jul: Victory 28 Jul: Petrel 2 Aug: Stag Hound 3 Aug: HMS Driver 18 Aug: Jefferson Davis 1 Oct: Infernal 5 Oct: CSS Venus 11 Oct: USS South Wind 5 Nov: Prony 7 Nov: CSS Winslow 10 Nov: Keystone State 14 Nov: SMS Amazone 23 Nov: CSS Tuscarora 5 Dec: USS Phoenix 8 Dec: USS Cossack , USS Peter Demill , USS South America 19-20 Dec: USS Amazon , USS Garland , USS Rebecca Sims , USS Tenedos 20 Dec: USS American , USS Archer , USS Herald , USS L. C. Richmond , USS Leonidas 21 Dec: USS Kensington 29 Dec: HMS Conqueror December (unknown date): USS Lewis , USS Maria Theresa , USS Robin Hood Unknown date: Glentanner Other incidents
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