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HBMS Union (1811)

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Union, 98 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered	1801/09/16	B064
Laid Down	1805/10/00	B064
Launched	1811/11/16	B064
Shipyard	Plymouth DY	B064
Designer	Thomas Slade	B064
Master Shipbuilder	Joseph Tucker	B064
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1833/03	B064
Fate	Broken Up	B064

Dimensions

Source	B064
Length of Gundeck	186' 0⁵/₈"
Length of Keel	153' 1"
Breadth	51' 4¹/₂"
Depth in Hold	22' 0"
Draught Forward	14' 7"
Draught Aft	17' 8"
Burthen	2,149¹⁷/₉₄

Armament

Date	1812	B064
Lower Gun Deck	28	British 32-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck	8	British 32-Pound Carronade
Middle Gun Deck	30	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1812	738	Establishment	B064

Flag Officers

Date From

Date to

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1812/04	1812/08	Post Captain	Samuel Linzee	B057
1812/08	1812/08/29	Post Captain	William Kent	B057
1812/08/29	1814/07	Post Captain	Robert Rolles	B057

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1812/05/12	Completed at a cost of £85,601 including fitting	B064
1812/05/19	Sailed for the Mediterranean	B064
1814/07	Paid off into ordinary at Plymouth	B064
1817/02	Reclassed as a 104-gun First-Rate	B064
1819/11	Process of correcting defects started	B064
1820/01	Repairs completed at a cost of £5,126	B064
1827/04/28	Ordered to be cut down to a 80-gun Third-Rate	B064
1832/12/03	Order amended to a 76-gun Third-Rate, but was never implemented	B064
1833/01/01	Order cancelled	B064
1833/03	Broken up at Plymouth	B064

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

Built to the draught of Victory

Sources

B064	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817	Rif Winfield
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield

Last Updated :2008/09/19 at 22:21:46 by Cy

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HBMS Union (1811)

Union, 98 Guns

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Armament

Crew

Flag Officers

Commanders

Officers

Service record

Actions & Battles

Notes

Sources

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