HMS Wellesley (1815) 74 guns

[Darius]

"While Wellesley was ordered as a Black Prince-class ship of the line, plans meant for her construction were lost in December 1812 when USS Constitution captured HMS Java. She was therefore built to the lines of HMS Cornwallis, a Vengeur-classship of the line which had just been launched at Bombay " Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Wellesley_(1815)

 

Black Prince class plans.

 

 

Vengeur class plans

 

 

 

http://www.modelships.de/Wellesley/Photos-HMS-Wellesley.htm

http://www.modelships.de/Wellesley/Photos-HMS-Wellesley_details.htm

http://www.modelships.de/Wellesley/HMS-Wellesley_eng.htm

 

 

Ship was destroyed in a German air-raid in 1940

 

[Mass]

Dammit germans first u sink tirpitz and now this 

and by sinking i mean putting it in the range of bombers and sending it out alone 

Edited March 15, 2015 by Mass

[Arvenski]

That's a cool looking ship. 

 

 

 

Except for in the last picture, though; that's a pretty sad sight. 

Edited March 15, 2015 by Arvenski

[BlueEagleGER]

Bismarck was operating without aircover, Tirpitz was destroyed by british bombers in Norway (not having achieved much during her raid on the Northern Convoy).

Nice ship you found there but she is another 74er that were build in masses. Looks great nevertheless.

[Portsdown]

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They nearly got Victory - a bomb exploded in her Dry Dock and damaged her hull.

 

However. given the fate of Implacable, I doubt Wellesley would have survived into the 1950s anyway.

[Mirones]

dont forget that the victory got rammed by a british destroyer too so dont blame only us germans

[Obinotus]

very nice ship   so i add sth. to this topic
 
HMS Wellesley was a 74-gun third rate, named after the Duke of Wellington, and launched in 1815.

Class and type:   Officially part of the Black Prince class, but built to the lines of theVengeur class
Tons burthen:     1745 ⁷⁵⁄₉₄ (bm)
Length:                175 ft 10 ³⁄₄ in (53.6 m) (o/a); 1,145 ft11 ¹⁄₂ in (349.3 m) (keel)
Beam:                   47 ft 7 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold:     21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail plan:              Full-rigged ship
Armament:           Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
                              Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
                              QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
                              Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
                              Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
 
Construction Plans:
 

Amoy 1841. Depicting HMS Wellesley, HMS Columbine and HMS Grisel

source: Royal Museum Greenwich
 

Edited March 21, 2015 by Obinotus