![]() The Duchess of Buccleuch launches the Goliath
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Name | HMS Goliath |
Ordered | 7 October 1833 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | February 1834 |
Launched | 25 July 1842 |
Fate | Burnt, 22 December 1875 |
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Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2596 bm |
Length | 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m) |
Depth of hold | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857.[1] In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys.
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Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays.[2] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.[citation needed]
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
External links
[edit]Media related to HMS Goliath (ship, 1842) at Wikimedia Commons