HMS Asia (1824)

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

HMS Asia was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 January 1824 at Bombay Dockyard.^[1]

Asia by John Ward of Hull
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Asia
Ordered	22 April 1819
Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down	January 1822
Launched	19 January 1824
Fate	Sold, 1908
General characteristics [1]
Class & 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	84 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders, 2 × 68-pounder carronades Upper gundeck: 32 × 24-pounders Quarterdeck: 6 × 24-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 24-pounders, 4 × 32-pounder carronades

Figurehead of the HMS Asia from the collection of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, 2025.

She was Codrington's flagship at the Battle of Navarino.

She served in the Syria campaign against Mehemet Ali, in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1840–41

In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and during several years she was flagship of the Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.

In 1908 she was sold out of the navy.^[1]

Sternview of HMS Asia by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)

Figurehead

The figurehead was removed from the ship before it was sold in 1909 as it appears in the 1911 Admiralty Catalogue amongst other figureheads, where it was described as a 'Figurehead of a Rajah (bust)'.^[2]

The figurehead can be seen on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.^[3]