HMS Calcutta (1831)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calcutta.
HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second-rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 in Bombay. She was the only ship ever built to her draught.[1] She carried her complement of smooth-bore, muzzle-loading guns on two gundecks. Her complement was 720 men (38 officers, 69 petty officers, 403 seamen, 60 boys and 150 marines).[3]
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The hulks of HMS Calcutta (left) and HMS Cambridge (right) off Plymouth, c.1890 | |
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Name | HMS Calcutta |
Ordered | 4 April 1827 |
Builder | Bombay Dockyard |
Laid down | March 1828 |
Launched | 14 March 1831 |
Fate | Sold, 1908 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 84-gun second rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2,291 bm[2] |
Length | 196 ft 1.66 in (59.7830 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 50 ft 9 in (15.47 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 720 officers and men |
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