HMS Aboukir (1848)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Aboukir.

HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched in 1848.

HMS Aboukir at Port Royal, Jamaica. circa 1865
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Aboukir
Ordered	18 March 1839
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	August 1840
Launched	4 April 1848
Completed	1 January 1858
Reclassified	Depot ship/floating battery 1862 Receiving ship 1867
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 23 November 1877
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Albion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	3,09970⁄94 (bm)
Length	204 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 166 ft (51 m) (keel)
Beam	60 ft 2.25 in (18.3452 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	750 (peace)/820 (war)
Armament	90 guns: Lower gundeck: 4 × 68-pounder guns + 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 6 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell guns Quarterdeck: 16 × 32-pounder guns + 2 × 8-inch/68-pounder shell guns Forecastle: 8 × 32-pounder guns
General characteristics after conversion
Class and type	Albion-class 90-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	3,091 (bm)
Length	204 ft (62 m) (gundeck) 165 ft 4+1⁄4 in (50.400 m) (keel)
Beam	60 ft 1+1⁄4 in (18.320 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 8+1⁄2 in (7.226 m)
Propulsion	2-cylinder horizontal trunk engine Single screw 400 nhp 1,533 ihp
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	9.55 knots (under steam)
Complement	830
Armament	91 guns: Lower gundeck: 32 × 8-inch guns Upper gundeck: 32 × 32-pounder guns QD/Fc: 26 × 32-pounder guns + 1 × 68-pounder gun

Career

On 6 July 1861, Aboukir ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Repairs cost £302.^[1] The navy refitted her with screw propulsion in 1858 and sold her in 1877. A monument on Southsea seafront^[2] commemorates an outbreak of Yellow Fever aboard her between 1873 and 1874.^[3]

Memorial at Southsea

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