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

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Asia

3156
Nominal Guns84B065
NationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered22.4.1819B065
Keel Laid Down1.1822B065
Acquired19.1.1824B065
ShipyardBombay Dockyard - Bombay B065
Ship ClassCanopus Class (modified)B065
CategorySecond RateB065
Ship TypeShip of the Line B065
Sailing RigShip RiggedB065
Sold7.4.1908B065

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

 
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