HMS Caledonia (1808)

	Caledonia lying in Plymouth Sound
History
United Kingdom
Name	Caledonia
Ordered	19 January 1797
Builder	HM Dockyard, Plymouth
Laid down	January 1805
Launched	25 June 1808
Renamed	Dreadnought, 1856
Fate	Broken up, 1875
General characteristics
Class & type	Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	26165⁄94 (bm)
Length	205 ft (62 m) (at the gun deck)
Beam	54 ft 7 in (16.6 m)
Draught	18 ft 2 in (5.5 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 2 in (7.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	875
Armament	muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns; Lower gun deck: 32 × 32 pdr guns; Middle gun deck: 34 × 24 pdr guns; Upper gund eck: 34 × 18 pdr guns; Quarterdeck: 6 × 12 pdr guns, 10 × 32 pdr carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 2 × 18 pdr carronades;

HMS Caledonia was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1808 at Plymouth. She was Admiral Pellew's flagship in the Mediterranean.