HMS Russell (1822)

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

Plan drawing of Russell
History
United Kingdom
Name	Russell
Ordered	6 January 1812
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	August 1814
Launched	22 May 1822
Commissioned	July 1835
Fate	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,750 74⁄94 (bm)
Length	176 ft 6 in (53.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft 3 in (14.7 m)
Draught	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	590
Armament	74 muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdr guns Upper deck: 28 × 18 pdr guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdr guns + 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdr guns + 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Russell was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. Not completed until 1835, she was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.^[1]

Notes

1. Lavery, p. 189

References

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• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.