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History
UK
Name	HMS London]
Builder	Chatham dockyard
Laid down	October 1827
Launched	28 September 1840
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 1884
Notes	Converted to a 72-gun third rate screw ship, 1858
General characteristics
Class and type	Rodney class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2598 tons (2639.7 tonnes)
Length	205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck)
Beam	54 ft 5 in (16.59 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Propulsion	Sails (and steam, after 1858)
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help) As second rate, 90 guns: Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs Quarterdeck: 26 × 32 pdrs

HMS London was a two-decker 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 September 1840 at Chatham Dockyard.

In 1854 this wooden ship took part in the bombardment of Fort Constantine at Sevastopol during the Crimean War, where she sustained damage.

In 1858 she was converted to screw propulsion, and reduced to 72 guns.

By 1873, she was a hulk, serving as a depot ship in Zanzibar Bay, off the east coast of Africa. In March of 1878 she was recommissioned, and involved in the suppression of the slave trade in the area, serving as a central depot for many smaller steam screw boats; she functioned as a repair depot, a hospital and a storage ship. At this time there were Africans from West Africa (Kroomen or Krumen) and East Africa (Seedies or Sidis) serving onboard. There were also Zanzibari and Arab interpreters and cooks from Portuguese Goa (India).

In 1884 she was sold and broken up.

References

• 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.

External links

• HMS London in Zanzibar

• Ships of the line of the United Kingdom
• Victorian era ships of the line of the United Kingdom
• Crimean War
• Royal Navy ships of the line
• Rodney class ships of the line