HMS Duke of Wellington

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
War	Crimean War
Main guns	Lower deck: 10 × 8 in (203 mm) shell guns + 24 32 pdr guns

131-gun screw first rate, the most powerful warship in the world when she was completed. Flagship of the Baltic fleet under Napier in 1854 and Dundas in 1855.

'HMS Duke of Wellington in Keyham Docks 4th March /54', 1854 Albumen Print, mounted on card, titled and signed 'L.Tripe' in pencil by the photographer on the mount below image, Auction Photographs lot 3 Sale 2006 Photo: Linnaeus Tripe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

131 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns

Lower deck: 10 × 8 in (203 mm) shell guns + 24 32 pdr guns
Middle gun deck: 6 × 8 in shell guns + 30 × 32 pdr guns
Upper gun deck: 38 × 32 pdr guns
Quarterdeck & Forecastle: 20 × 32 pdr gunnades + 1 × 68 pdr gun

Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	May 1849
Launched	14 September 1852
Commissioned	2 February 1853
Displacement	6,071 long tons (6,168 t)
Length	240 ft 7 in (73.3 m) (gun deck)
Speed	10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph)
Complement	1,100

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

Career

Launched

14 September 1852

Battle of Bomarsund

Survived

8–16 August 1854

Napier's flagship

Bombardment of Sveaborg

Survived

9–11 August 1855

Rear Admiral Richard Dundas's flagship

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 12 April 1904