HMS Russell (1822) - Misplaced Pages

Vengeur-class ship of the line For other ships with the same name, see HMS Russell.

History
Russell
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Russell
Builder	Deptford Dockyard, England
Laid down	August 1814
Launched	22 May 1822
Fate	Broken up, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1751 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Russell was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 May 1822 at Deptford.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.

Notes

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

v t e Vengeur-class ships of the line
Ajax Berwick Rodney Poictiers Vigo Cressy Egmont Armada America Vengeur Conquestador Edinburgh Barham La Hogue Duncan Asia Stirling Castle Mulgrave Cornwall Dublin Gloucester Scarborough Clarence Anson Pembroke Rippon Devonshire Medway Indus Benbow Cornwallis Blenheim Vindictive Redoubtable Defence Hercules Pitt Wellington Agincourt Russell
Preceded by: Swiftsure class Followed by: Black Prince class
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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