HMS Nile (1839)
As HMS Conway at Rock Ferry
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| Name: | HMS Nile |
| Builder: | Plymouth Dockyard |
| Laid down: | October 1827 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1839 |
| Commissioned: | 30 January 1854 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 April 1864 |
| Renamed: | HMS Conway, 1876 |
| Fate: | Burnt, 1956 |
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| Class and type: | Rodney-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2598 bm |
| Length: | 205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 54 ft 5 in (16.59 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails (and steam, after 1854) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 830 (under steam) |
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HMS Nile was a two-deck 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1839 at Plymouth Dockyard. She was named to commemorate the Battle of the Nile in 1798. After service in the Baltic Sea and the North America and West Indies Station, she was converted to a training ship and renamed HMS Conway, surviving in that role until 1953.
On completion but before commissioning, the Nile went straight into reserve at Devonport. From December 1852 to January 1854, Nile was fitted with screw propulsion; the 500 horse power engine was made by Sewards of Petersfield and the conversion cost £63,837. Once finally commissioned, she joined the Western Squadron under the command of Commodore Henry Byam Martin.
In May 1854, commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, Nile joined the Baltic Squadron in the Gulf of Finland, following the start of the Crimean War. On 18 September 1855, Nile's boats boarded and burnt some Russian vessels, reportedly near Hammeliski (possibly Humaliski on the island of Björkö, now called Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast). At the end of that month, the fleet began to return to the United Kingdom and on 23 April 1856, participating ships, including the Nile, attended a Review of the Fleet at Spithead by Queen Victoria. In June of 1856, the Nile sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia; the flagship of Rear Admiral Arthur Flagshawe. She visited Bermuda and the Caribbean before returning to Plymouth in March 1857.
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