HMS Nile (1839)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nile.
HMS Nile was a two-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1839 at Plymouth Dockyard.[1][2] She was named to commemorate the Battle of the Nile in 1798.[3] After service in the Baltic Sea and the North America and West Indies Station, she was converted to a training ship and renamed HMS Conway, surviving in that role until 1953.
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As HMS Conway at Rock Ferry | |
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Name | HMS Nile |
Builder | Plymouth Dockyard |
Laid down | October 1827 |
Launched | 28 June 1839 |
Commissioned | 30 January 1854 |
Decommissioned | 23 April 1864 |
Renamed | HMS Conway, 1876 |
Fate | Burnt, 1956 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Rodney-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2598 bm |
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 1854) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 830 (under steam) |
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