HMS Wellesley

Sunk

Type	Ship of the line
War	First Opium War
Main guns	28 × 32-pounder guns

74-gun third rate built of teak at Bombay. Commodore Bremer's flagship and then Admiral Parker's until 1842. Later a training ship on the Thames, she was sunk by German bombing in 1940, the only ship of the line ever sunk from the air; she was raised and broken up in 1948.

Watercolour of HMS Wellesley, a three-masted, 74-gun ship of the line sailing along a rocky coastline before a good wind. Hills or mountains partially obscured by cloud are shown in the far distance. Wellesley is carrying the red ensign and flies a single red flag from the top of the mizzen mast ind Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down	May 1813
Launched	24 February 1815
Length	o/a:175 ft 10+3⁄4 in (53.6 m) Keel:144 ft 11+1⁄2 in (44.2 m) (keel)

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

Career

Launched

24 February 1815

Capture of Chusan

Survived

5 July 1840

Commodore Bremer's flagship

Battle of the Bogue

Survived

23–26 February 1841

Flagship

Battle of Amoy

Survived

26 August 1841

Admiral Parker's flagship

Battle of Chinhai

Survived

10 October 1841

Flagship

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by bombing, 24 September 1940, raised and broken up 1948