HMS Vanguard (1835)

Vanguard, at the close of a sailing trial on 24 June 1837
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Vanguard
Ordered23 June 1832
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downMay 1833
Launched25 August 1835
Commissioned1837
RenamedHMS Ajax, 1867
FateBroken up, 1875
General characteristics
Class & typeVanguard class ship of the line
Displacement2889 tons (2935.4 tonnes)
Tons burthen2609 bm
Length
  • 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck);
  • 155 ft 3 in (47.3 m) (keel, for tonnage)
Beam56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement700-750 officers and men (gun crew = 702 men)
Armament
  • 78 guns (4 July 1832, as ordered):
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt)
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 32 pdrs (25 cwt)
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs (42 cwt), 4 × 32 pdr carronades (25 cwt)
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades (10 cwt)
  • 80 guns (3 December 1834 - as launched):
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (56 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades (60 cwt)
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt), 2 × 68 pdr carronades (60 cwt)
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt)
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs (48 cwt), 4 × 32 pdr carronades (25 cwt)
  • Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades (10 cwt)
Notes
  • Cost to build: £56,983
  • Cost to fit for sea: £20,756

The sixth HMS Vanguard, of the British Royal Navy was a 78-gun (or 80-gun) second-rate ship of the line, launched on 25 August 1835 at Pembroke Yard. She was the first of a new type of sailing battleship: a Symondite.

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