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HBMS Royal Adelaide (1828)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 8 months ago

Royal Adelaide, 112 Guns

 

Details

NationalityBritish
Ordered1812/01/06
Laid Down1819/05/00
Launched1828/07/28
ShipyardPlymouth DY
RateFirst Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Out Service1905/04/04
FateSold for Break Up

 

Dimensions

SourceThe Ship of the Line - Volume I
Length of Gundeck197' 7"
Length of Keel163' 4"
Breadth52' 10"
Depth in Hold22' 6"
Burthen2,417

 

Armament

Date1828B065
Lower Gun Deck2British 68-Pound Carronade
Middle Gun Deck32British 32-Pounder
Quarterdeck12British 32-Pound Carronade
Lower Gun Deck28British 32-Pounder
Forecastle2British 32-Pound Carronade
Upper Gun Deck32British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck2British 18-Pounder
Forecastle2British 18-Pounder

 

Crew

DateMenNotesSource

 

Flag Officers

Date FromDate toRank/PositionNameSource
1875/10/011878/11/01AdmiralThomas Matthew Charles SymondsW025
1878/11/011879/10/30AdmiralArthur FarquharW025
1880/01/091881/12/01AdmiralCharles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot W025

 

Commanders

Date FromDate toRankNameSource
1852/011852/04/01Post CaptainMontagu StopfordW025
1859/04/011860/07Post CaptainWoodford John WilliamsW025
1860/071861/12/31Post CaptainWilliam King HallW025
1862/01/011863/10/31Post CaptainWilliam VeseyW025
1863/11/031866/10/26Post CaptainHenry CaldwellW025
1866/10/261869/11/01Post CaptainGeorge William PreedyW025
1869/11/011875/10/01Post CaptainTrevenen Penrose CoodeW025
1875/10/011879/10/30Post CaptainWilliam Henry WhyteW025
1879/11/011888/11/30Post CaptainFrederic Proby DoughtyW025
18811881Post CaptainWilliam Grant
1885/03/301887/04/07Post CaptainWilliam CumingW025
1887/04/031887Post CaptainHarry Woodfall BrentW025
1888/11/301884/12/31Post CaptainRichard CarterW025

 

Officers

Date FromDate ToRank/PositionNameSource
18811881First LieutenantCharles Robert Wood

 

Service record

1859/04/01Guardship of ordinary at Devonport W025

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource

 

Notes

Ordered as London, she was renamed on 1827-05-10

 

She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1860

 

Sources

B065The Ship of the Line - Volume I
W025William Loney RN - Background
11881 UK Census

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