HMS Waterloo (1833)

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

HMS Waterloo was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 June 1833 at Chatham.^[2]

Waterloo, of 120 guns, launched in the Reign of William IV
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Waterloo
Ordered	9 September 1823
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	March 1827
Launched	10 June 1833
Decommissioned	Paid off 1866[1]
Renamed	HMS Conqueror, 1862 HMS Warspite, 1877[1]
Fate	Burnt, 1918
Notes	Converted to steam 89-gun 2-decker, 1 April 1859–12 December 1859[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Broadened Caledonia-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2,694 bm
Length	205 ft 5.5 in (62.624 m) (gundeck)
Beam	54 ft 6 in (16.61 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Propulsion	From 1859, 500 nhp Maudlay engine, single screw[1]
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	As designed: 120 guns: Gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68-pdr carronades Middle gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 34 × 32 pdrs Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 14 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades As steam line-of-battle ship:[3] Gundeck: 32 × 8 in/65 cwt Main deck: 34 × 32 pdr/56 cwt Upper deck: 22 × 32 pdr/42 cwt 1 × 68 pdr/95 cwt (on a pivot mounting)

Waterloo was cut down to an 89-gun 2-decker and converted to steam at Chatham 1 April 1859 – 12 December 1859. Following the loss of the modern 101-gun steam 2-decker Conqueror in 1861, Waterloo was renamed Conqueror in 1862. In 1864 she served on the China station under the command of Captain William Luard, and was paid off in 1866.^[1]

Launch of HMS Waterloo at Chatham

In 1877 she was renamed HMS Warspite and served as a training ship at Greenhithe/Woolwich.^[1]

She was destroyed by fire in 1918,^[2] with 250 boys embarked at the time.^[4] Three teenage boys later claimed to have started the fire deliberately.^[5] They were charged for the alleged act and ordered to three years' detention at a reformatory.^[4]