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HMS Russell (1822)

History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
Name: HMS Russell
Builder: Deptford Dockyard, England
Laid down: August 1814
Launched: 22 May 1822
Fate: Broken up, 1865
General characteristics
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1751 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 Russell was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 May 1822 at Deptford.

She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.



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