HMS Wellington (1816)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hero and HMS Wellington.

HMS Wellington was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 September 1816 at Deptford Dockyard.^[1]

Wellington
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hero
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	July 1813
Launched	21 September 1816
Renamed	HMS Wellington, 4 December 1816
Fate	Sold, 1908
General characteristics [1]
Class & 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

The ship had originally been named HMS Hero, but was renamed Wellington on 4 December 1816. She became a training ship in 1862, and Wellington was eventually sold out of the Navy in 1908.^[1]

In 1826, HMS Wellington introduced mosquitos to the Hawaiian Islands. These mosquitoes were introduced to a stream on Maui when sailors seeking fresh water rinsed out their water barrels in the stream. Prior to this, no mosquitoes lived in Hawaii.^[2]

Fleet Forming Line Abreast at the 1853 Review, Illustrated London News

Fate

Wellington was converted to a training ship and named Akbar on 10 May 1862.^[3] In January 1877, she was driven ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was refloated on 4 January.^[4] Akbar served in as a training ship until 1908. She arrived at Thos. W. Ward, Morecambe on 8 April 1908 for breaking up.^[3]