HMS Howe (1815)

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

HMS Howe entering the harbor at Malta, 1843
History
United Kingdom
Name	Howe
Ordered	15 January 1806
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	June 1808
Launched	28 March 1815
Fate	Broken up, 1854
General characteristics
Class & type	Nelson-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2619 bm
Length	205 ft (62 m) (gundeck)
Beam	53 ft 8.75 in (16.3767 m)
Depth of hold	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	120 guns: Gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs Middle gundeck: 34 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 34 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Howe was a 120-gun, first-rate Nelson-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s, launched on 28 March 1815 at Chatham.

Howe was broken up in 1854.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
• 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 (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
• 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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Howe (1815) at Wikimedia Commons