HMS Minotaur (1816)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Minotaur.
History
UK
Name: HMS Minotaur
Ordered: 3 December 1811
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: February 1812
Launched: 15 April 1816
Fate: Broken up, 1869
Notes: Hulked, 1842
General characteristics [1]
Class & type: Ganges-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1726 bm
Length: 169 ft 6 in (51.66 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 8.5 in (14.542 m)
Depth of hold: 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1816 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

She was placed on harbour service in 1842, and was broken up in 1869.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p189.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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