HMS James Watt
James Watt | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | James Watt |
| Namesake | James Watt |
| Ordered |
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| Builder | Pembroke Dock |
| Laid down | September 1850 |
| Launched | 23 April 1853 |
| Completed | By 27 March 1854 |
| Renamed | Ordered as Audacious, renamed, 18 November 1847 |
| Fate | Sold to Castle for breaking up at Charlton in January 1875 |
| General characteristics as planned | |
| Class & type | 84-gun Cressy-class second rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2,537 80/94 bm |
| Length | 198 ft 5 in (60.5 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft 8.25 in (6.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 750 |
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| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | 91-gun second-rate |
| Tons burthen | 3,082 79⁄94 bm |
| Length | 230 ft 3 in (70.2 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 55 ft 5 in (16.9 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 8 in (6.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) |
| Installed power | 1,548 ihp (1,154 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 screw; 1 single-expansion steam engine |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 9.4 knots (17.4 km/h; 10.8 mph) |
| Complement | 860 |
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HMS James Watt was a 91-gun second rate steam and sail-powered Agamemnon-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1850s. Completed in 1854, she served in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. The ship was sold for scrap in 1875.