|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
| Caledonia | Plymouth DYd | 1.1805 | 25.6.1808 | 23.9.1808 | hospital ship 6.1856 | ||
| Britannia | Plymouth DYd | 12.1813 | 20.10.1820 | 20.12.1820 | hospital ship 7.1855 | ||
| Prince Regent | Chatham DYd | 17.7.1815 | 12.4.1823 | 3.9.1823 | screw 5.1861, BU 7.1873 | ||
| Royal George (ex-Neptune) | Chatham DYd | 6.1823 | 22.9.1827 | 3.12.1827 | screw 12.1853, receiving ship 12.1869 |
| Data variant | sailing |
Displacement normal, t |
Caledonia, Britannia, Prince Regent: 2602bm Royal George: 2616bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
Caledonia, Britannia, Prince Regent: 62.5 gundeck Royal George: 62.7 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
Caledonia, Royal George: 16.6 Britannia, Prince Regent: 16.3 |
Draught, m |
7.06 hold depth |
No of shafts |
|
Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
|
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
|
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
Caledonia: 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 64cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 34 x 1 - 148/18 24pdr SBML, 34 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr carronades, 8 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML others: 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades, 34 x 1 - 148/19 24pdr 49cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 147/15 24pdr Congreve SBML, 8 x 1 - 118/14 12pdr SBML |
Complement |
Caledonia: 875 others: 900 |
Project history: 120-guns three-deckers. Designed by Sir William Rule in 1797. The successful prototype for all later British 1st rate sailing ships. Royal George was built to the draught of Caledonia but doubled with fir while building to make her breadth and ordnance capacity similar to subsequent Broadened Caledonia class ships.
Modernizations: 1815, Caledonia: - 34 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr; + 34 x 1 - 147/15 24pdr Congreve SBML
1830,Caledonia: rebuilt with circular stern: 62.6m gundeck length, 2712bm tonnage
1831, Caledonia: - 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 64cwt; + 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML
1840, Caledonia: was completely rearmed with: 4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 60cwt SBML, 62 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 161/14 32pdr 40cwt SBML, 16 x 1 - 159/12 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades
1840s, Britannia, Prince George, Royal George: were rearmed with 6 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 32 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 49cwt SBML, 18 x 1 - 159/12 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades
1847, Prince Regent: was cut down to 2nd rate 92-gun with armament consisted of 10 x 1 - 204/10 68pdr 50cwt shell SBML, 56 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 26 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
1850s, Britannia, Prince Regent: - 6 x 1 - 204/8 68pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 49cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/12 32pdr 25cwt SBML carronades; + 4 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 56cwt SBML
1853, Royal George; 1861, Prince Regent: were converted to screw ships-of-the-line with data as given in the table
1860, Royal George: was armed with 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt, 32 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML
1861, Royal George: was reduced to 86-gun
1863, Royal George: was reduced to 78-gun
1866, Royal George: was reduced to 72-gun
| Data variant | screw |
Displacement normal, t |
Royal George: 2616bm 4205 normal Prince Regent: 2762bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
66.4 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
16.6 |
Draught, m |
Royal George: 5.56 Prince Regent: 7.08 hull depth |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
sails + 1 2-cyl HSE |
Power, h. p. |
Royal George: 1417ihp Prince Regent: 500nhp |
Max speed, kts |
Royal George: 8.7 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
Royal George: 12 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt, 24 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 30 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML, 34 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr 17cwt SBML carronades Prince Regent: 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt, 32 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 22 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 42cwt SBML |
Complement |
Royal George: 950 Prince Regent: 830 |
Naval service: No significant events.
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