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'Armada'-'Conquestadore'-'Vangeur' class (1806) (note- too many ships to fit in the title field) RMG J3307.png
'Rodney'of the 'Armada'/'Conquestadore'/'Vangeur' class (1806)
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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name HMS Rodney
Ordered 28 May 1808
Builder Barnard, Deptford
Laid down March 1808
Launched 8 December 1809
Fate Sold, 1836
General characteristics
Class and type Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 1754 (bm)
Length 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Rodney was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1809 at Deptford.

The Dockyard was suffering from a shortage of seasoned timber at the time Rodney was being built. In consequence the hull was built from unseasoned wood which quickly shrunk and rotted when exposed to seawater. After just three years at sea all of the hull fastenings had given way and Rodney was returned to Deptford for decommissioning.

In 1827 she was reduced to a 50-gun ship, and in 1836 Rodney was sold out of the Navy.

In commercial service, Rodney collided with the British paddle steamer Thames at Havana, Cuba, on 11 October 1846, destroying her pinnace, and was driven ashore.

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