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Bellerophon

HMS Bellerophon

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
WarsEgyptian–Ottoman War, Crimean War
Main gunsGundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs

80-gun ship launched as Waterloo and renamed Bellerophon in 1824. Fought at Acre, and again at the bombardment of Sevastopol in 1854.

HMS 'Bellerophon' (1824), 50 Miles ESE of Malta, 1 Feb 1852 Inscribed: "H.M.S. BELLEROPHON. Captain the Rt Honble Lord George Poulet. In a Gale, 50 miles ESE of Malta - Feby 1st 1852". Corresponding to this print is the sketchbook kept 1850-53 by Mends, also in the NMM collection. The original water Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

80 guns

  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downNovember 1813
Launched16 October 1818
Length192 ft (59 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

16 October 1818

3 November 1840 · Egyptian–Ottoman War

17 October 1854 · Crimean War

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1892