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HBMS Impregnable (1810)

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Impregnable, 98 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1798/01/13	B064
Laid Down	1802/02/23	B064
Named	1800/03/07	B064
Launched	1810/08/01	B064
Shipyard	Chatham DY	B064
Designer	William Rule	B064
Master Shipbuilder	Robert Seppings	B064
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1906/07/10	B064
Fate	Sold for Break Up	B064

Dimensions

Source	B064
Length of Gundeck	196' 0"
Length of Keel	163' 7"
Breadth	51' 2"
Depth in Hold	22' 2"
Draught Forward	14' 3"
Draught Aft	17' 4"
Burthen	2,278

Armament

Date	1811	B064
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Quarterdeck	14	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1811	738	Establishment

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1813	1813	Admiral	William Young	B064
1816/06	1816/10	Rear-Admiral	David Milne	B064
1816/10	1817	Admiral of the White	Sir John Thomas Duckworth	B064

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1811	1813	Post Captain	Charles Adam	W025
1811/07	1812	Post Captain	James W Maurice	B064
1812	1813/07	Post Captain	George Charles Mackenzie	B064
1813/07	1814/05	Post Captain	John Wentworth Loring	B064
1814/05	1814/10	Post Captain	Charles Adam	B064
1814/10	1815/03	Post Captain	Robert Hall	B064
1815/03	1815/12	Post Captain	John Campbell Rowley	B064
1815/12	1816/06	Post Captain	James Pack	W025
1816/06	1816/10	Post Captain	Sir Edward Brace	B064
1816/10	1817/09	Post Captain	Sir James Nash	B064
1817/09	1821/06	Post Captain	Pownall Pellew	B064
1821/06	1823	Post Captain	Alexander Skene	B064

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1812	1814	Midshipman	John Adams	B080
1812/05	1815/02	Midshipman	Edward Ackland	B080

Crew Members

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1810/10/24	Completed for a total cost of £65,025 including fitting	B064
1811/07	Commissioned	B064
1812/01	Began fitting for sea	B064
1812/04	Completed fitting for sea at a cost of £19,032	B064
1816/07/07	Sailed in the expedition to Algiers	B064
1816/08/27	Participated in the bombardment of Algiers, receiving 233 shot in her hull and having 50 killed and 160 wounded	B064
1817/02	Reclassed as a 106-gun First Rate	B064
1823	Paid off into ordinary	B064
1825/02	Started rebuilding	B064
1826/04	Completed rebuild with a circular stern	B064
1839	Harbour flagship at Portsmouth	B064
1862	Training ship	B064
1888/11/09	Renamed Kent	B064
1891/02/22	Renamed Caledonia	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817	Rif Winfield
001	British Sailing Warships
W025	William Loney RN - Background	P Davis
B080	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien

Last Updated :2008/10/10 at 14:28:28 by Cy

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