HMS Russell (1822)

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NameRussell
Ordered6 January 1812
Laid downAugust 1814
Plan drawing of Russell
History
United Kingdom
NameRussell
Ordered6 January 1812
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid downAugust 1814
Launched22 May 1822
CommissionedJuly 1835
FateBroken up, 1865
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,750 7494 (bm)
Length176 ft 6 in (53.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 3 in (14.7 m)
Draught17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) (light)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Russell was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. Not completed until 1835, she was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, and was broken up in 1865.[1]

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