HMS Nile (1839)

HMS Nile was a two-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1839 at Plymouth Dockyard. She was named to commemorate the Battle of the Nile in 1798. After service in the Baltic Sea and the North America and West Indies Station, she was converted to a training ship and renamed HMS Conway, surviving in that role until 1953.

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

As HMS Conway at Rock Ferry
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Nile
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downOctober 1827
Launched28 June 1839
Commissioned30 January 1854
Decommissioned23 April 1864
RenamedHMS Conway, 1876
FateBurnt, 1956
General characteristics
Class and typeRodney-class ship of the line
Tons burthen2598 bm
Length205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck)
Beam54 ft 5 in (16.59 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
PropulsionSails (and steam, after 1854)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement830 (under steam)
Armament
  • As second rate, 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
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