HMS Asia (centre) fighting against two Ottoman ships at the Battle of Navarino
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History | |
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Name: | HMS Asia |
Ordered: | 22 April 1819 |
Builder: | Bombay Dockyard |
Laid down: | January 1822 |
Launched: | 19 January 1824 |
Fate: | Sold, 1908 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Canopus-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 2289 bm |
Length: | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m) |
Depth of hold: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
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HMS Asia was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 January 1824 at Bombay Dockyard.
She was Codrington's flagship at the Battle of Navarino.
In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and in 1908 she was sold out of the navy.