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HMS Indus (1812)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
Name: HMS Indus
Ordered: 31 July 1807
Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf
Laid down: April 1809
Launched: 19 December 1812
Fate: Broken up, 1868
General characteristics
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1756 bm
Length: 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Indus was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 December 1812 at Deptford Wharf.

She was placed on harbour service in 1840, and was eventually broken up in 1868.



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