HMS Neptune (1832)

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

Neptune portrayed in the Illustrated London News, 1854
History
United Kingdom
NameNeptune
NamesakeNeptune
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1827
Launched22 September 1832
FateSold, 1875
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeBroadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen270575⁄94 bm
Length205 ft 8 in (62.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam55 ft 7 in (16.9 m)
Draught18 ft 4 in (5.6 m)
Depth of hold23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement900 (wartime)
Armament
  • 120 guns:
  • Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Middle gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 16 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Neptune was a 120-gun, three-deck, first rate, broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. Completed in 1832, the ship remained in ordinary until 1854. She was razeed and converted into a steam-powered, 89-gun, second rate, two decker in 1858–1859.

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