HMS Exmouth (1854)

HMS Exmouth was a 91-gun screw propelled Albion-class second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.

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

Exmouth signalling her arrival at Naples
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Exmouth
Ordered12 March 1840
Builder
  • Devonport Dockyard
  • fitting out at Devonport Dockyard
  • Machinery by Maudslay, Sons & Field
Laid down13 September 1841
Launched12 July 1854
Commissioned15 March 1855
Out of serviceLent to Metropolitan Asylums Board as a training ship in 1877
FateSold for breaking up on 4 April 1905
General characteristics
Class and typeAlbion-class ship of the line
Displacement4,382 tons
Tons burthen3,083 tons
Length243 ft (74 m) (overall)
Beam60 ft 2.5 in (18.352 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Propulsion
  • Sails
  • 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion
  • Single screw
  • 400 nhp (1,533 ihp) = 9.55kts
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement830 officers and men
Armament
  • 91 guns:
  • Gundeck: 32 × 8in
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck and Forecastle: 26 × 32 pdrs, 1 × 68 pdr
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