British Second Rate ship of the line 'Asia' (1824)

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Asia	3156
Nominal Guns	84	B065
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	22.4.1819	B065
Keel Laid Down	1.1822	B065
Acquired	19.1.1824	B065
Shipyard	Bombay Dockyard - Bombay	B065
Ship Class	Canopus Class (modified)	B065
Category	Second Rate	B065
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B065
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B065
Sold	7.4.1908	B065

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Gundeck193' 10"Imperial Feet58.8264
Length of Keel160' 2 ⅝"Imperial Feet48.7839
Breadth52' 4 ½"Imperial Feet15.8623
Depth in Hold22' 6"Imperial Feet6.7818
Burthen2,289Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1817
Building MaterialTeak

Armament

1824Broadside Weight = 1220 Imperial Pound ( 553.27 kg)B065
Lower Gun Deck2 British 68-Pound Carronade
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck32 British 24-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 British 24-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 24-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1815700Design Complement

5 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
6.10.1826 - 8.6.1828CaptainEdward Curzon (1789-1862)NBD18498.6.1828 - 28.4.1830CaptainWilliam James Hope Johnstone (1798-1878)W03322.2.1831 - 1834CaptainRobert Maunsell (1783-1845)W03319.12.1831 - 1831CaptainHyde Parker (1784-1854)W03319.12.1831 - 1834CaptainPeter Richards (1787-1869)W025

14 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1824LieutenantWilliam CrookeNBD18496.11.1826 - 8.7.1827LieutenantSir Robert Lambert Baynes (1796-1869)NBD184928.4.1827 - 1830LieutenantHoratio BlairNBD18498.1827 - 8.7.1828Unknown Robert Lambert Baynes (1796-1869)NBD184924.10.1827 - 13.5.1828LieutenantStephen Lushington (1803-1877)W0254.2.1830 - 5.1830LieutenantCharles Henry BakerNBD184918.3.1836 - 9.1837LieutenantRobert Spencer Robinson (1809-1880)W02518.3.1836 - 7.1838LieutenantBertram Mitford AthertonNL186530.5.1836 - 27.7.1838LieutenantCharles Foreman BrownNBD18497.7.1838 - 5.1841First LieutenantRobert Augustus Bradshaw (1800-?)NBD184927.7.1838 - 10.5.1839LieutenantRichard Hanmer Bunbury (1813-?)NBD184929.1.1839 - 16.4.1842LieutenantSt Leger Aldworth (1806-?)NL186515.7.1839 - 1.12.1840LieutenantFrederick William Pleydell Bouverie (1816-?)NBD18491.12.1840 - 9.11.1841LieutenantSeymour Yorke Brown (d.1846)NBD1849

7 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1826 - 9.10.1827Master's MateWilliam Cheselden BrowneNBD18491826 - 17.12.1832MidshipmanCharles James Fox CampbellNBD18493.12.1826 - 21.10.1827Master's MateJohn Burrough (1802-?)NBD18491827 - 1828MidshipmanFrederick Charles Peter Beauclerk (1808-?)NBD184920.10.1827 - 1827MidshipmanHenry Bagot (1810-?)NBD18491836 - 28.6.1838Master's MateJames Crawford Caffin (1812-1883)NBD18491840 - 5.11.1840MidshipmanCharles BullenNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
9.1827 - 11.18271st Class VolunteerRobert Laurie Atkinson (1811-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
20.10.1827Battle of Navarino
1858Became a GuardshipB065

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

B065Brian LaveryBook

BWAS-1817Rif WinfieldBook

NBD1849O'BrienDigital Book

W033Ronald DeschenesWeb Site

W025P DavisWeb Site

NL1865The AdmiraltyDigital Book

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