HMS Formidable (1825)

Formidable at Sheerness in December 1850
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Formidable
Ordered8 May 1815
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1819
Launched19 May 1825
FateSold, 1906
General characteristics
Class & typeCanopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2289 bm
Length193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam52 ft 4+1⁄2 in (16.0 m) (16 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
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

HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard. With a crew of 700 she was one of the Navy's largest ships at that time.

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