HMS Aboukir (1848)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aboukir.

HMS Aboukir at Port Royal, Jamaica. circa 1865
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Aboukir
Ordered18 March 1839
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1840
Launched4 April 1848
Completed1 January 1858
Reclassified
FateSold for breaking up on 23 November 1877
General characteristics as built
Class & typeAlbion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen3,09970⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 204 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
  • 166 ft (51 m) (keel)
Beam60 ft 2.25 in (18.3452 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement750 (peace)/820 (war)
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Lower gundeck: 4 × 68-pounder guns + 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 6 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell guns
  • Quarterdeck: 16 × 32-pounder guns + 2 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell guns
  • Forecastle: 8 × 32-pounder guns
General characteristics after conversion
Class & typeAlbion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen3,091 (bm)
Length
  • 204 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
  • 165 ft 4+1⁄4 in (50.400 m) (keel)
Beam60 ft 1+1⁄4 in (18.320 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 8+1⁄2 in (7.226 m)
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal trunk engine
  • Single screw
  • 400 nhp
  • 1,533 ihp
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speed9.55 knots (under steam)
Complement830
Armament
  • 91 guns:
  • Lower gundeck: 32 × 8-inch guns
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 32-pounder guns
  • QD/Fc: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 1 × 68-pounder gun

HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched in 1848.

Career

On 6 July 1861, Aboukir ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Repairs cost £302.[1] The navy refitted her with screw propulsion in 1858 and sold her in 1877. A monument on Southsea seafront[2] commemorates an outbreak of Yellow Fever aboard her between 1873 and 1874.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ "Naval Disasters Since 1860". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 4250. Portsmouth. 10 May 1873.
  2. ^ Geograph
  3. ^ Hansard


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