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Powerful

HMS Powerful

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
WarEgyptian–Ottoman War
Main gunsGundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades

84-gun second rate and Commodore Charles Napier's flagship. Led the attack at Acre.

Princess Charlotte. English Camp at Djouni Syria 1840. Shows Powerful RMG PW8043. A view of the ‘Princess Charlotte’ at the English camp at Djouni, Syria in 1840. The tents can be seen in the background on the right. A two-decker sailing vessel, probably the 'Powerful', is anchored on the left of th Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

84 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1820
Launched21 June 1826
Length193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Complement635 men, 60 boys, 150 marines

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

Career

Launched

21 June 1826

11 September – 10 October 1840

Napier's flagship

3 November 1840

Napier's flagship

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1864