HMS Goliath (1842)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other uses". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English

Script error: No such module "InfoboxImage".
The Duchess of Buccleuch launches the Goliath
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".

File:Chatham Dockyard - Launch of the Goliath and the Virago ILN 1842-0730-0009.jpg
Launch of the Goliath (far right) and the Virago at Chatham Dockyard

HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]

Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857.[1] In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys.

File:Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath - ILN 1876.png
Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath, The Illustrated London News, 1876

Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays.[2] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

File:The Burning of the Training-Ship 'Goliath' - The Graphic 1876.jpg
The burning. The Graphic 1876

Notes

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ a b Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
  2. ↑ The Times (London), Thursday, 23 December 1875, p.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. Template:ISBN.

External links

Template:Vanguard class ship of the line Template:1875 shipwrecks


Template:Asbox

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=HMS_Goliath_(1842)&oldid=5802985"