HMS Neptune (1832)
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HMS Neptune was a 120-gun, three-deck, first rate, broadened Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. Completed in 1832, the ship remained in ordinary until 1854. She was razeed and converted into a steam-powered, 89-gun, second rate, two decker in 1858–1859.
Description
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Construction and career
Neptune was ordered on 12 February 1823, laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard in January 1827, launched on 27 August 1832 and completed in December. The ship remained in ordinary until she was commissioned on 5 December 1851 as a guard ship by Captain Richard Yates. Captain Edward H. Scott assumed command on 27 March 1852. He was relieved in turn by Captain Henry Smith on 17 February 1854. She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1875.[1]
Notes
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- ↑ "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
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