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HBMS Neptune (1832)

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Neptune, 120 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Laid Down	1827/01/00	B065
Launched	1832/09/27	B065
Shipyard	Portsmouth DY	B065
Designer	Rule, William	B065
Rate	First Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1875	B065
Fate	Sold	B065

Dimensions

Source	The Ship of the Line - Volume I
Length of Gundeck	205' 5¹/₂"
Length of Keel	170' 11"
Breadth	54' 6"
Depth in Hold	23' 2"
Burthen	2,694

Armament

Date	1832	B065
Lower Gun Deck	2	British 68-Pound Carronade
Middle Gun Deck	34	British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	34	British 32-Pounder
Quarterdeck	14	British 32-Pound Carronade
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 32-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	2	British 18-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1854/03/07	1855/05/01	Rear-Admiral	Armar Lowry Corry	W025

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1851/12/05	1852/03/27	Post Captain	Richard Augustus Yates	W025
1852/03/27	1854/02/17	Post Captain	Edward Hinton Scott	W025
1854/02/17	1854/03/07	Post Captain	Henry Smith	W025
1854/03/07	1856/01/07	Post Captain	Frederick Hutton	W025

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1851/12/05	Commissioned as guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth	W025
1854	Service in the Baltic during the Crimean war	W025
1856/01/05	Paid off at Portsmouth	W025
1859/03/07	Undocked as screw ship at Portsmouth Dockyard	W025

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B065	The Ship of the Line - Volume I
W025	William Loney RN - Background

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