Name | Goliath (1842) | Explanation | |
Type | Second rate | Type | Two-decker |
Launched (Sail) | 25 July 1842 | Converted to screw | 30 November 1857 |
Hull | Wooden | Length | 190 feet |
Propulsion | Sail | Men | 750 |
Builders measure | 2596 tons | Builders measure (as screw) | 2596 tons |
Displacement | Displacement (as screw) | 3482 tons | |
Guns | 80 | Guns (as screw) | 80 |
Fate | 1875 | Last in commission | - |
Class | Class (as screw) | Majestic | |
Ships book | ADM 135/201 | ||
Snippets concerning career prior to conversion | |||
Date | Event | ||
25 July 1842 | Launched as 2nd rate sailing ship at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
Career as unarmoured wooden screw vessel | |||
Date | Event | ||
30 November 1857 | Undocked as screw at Chatham Dockyard. | ||
Never fitted for sea as screw ship. | |||
November 1870 - 22 December 1875 | Training ship for 500 pauper boys at Grays, Essex (lent to Forest Gate School Board). | ||
22 December 1875 | Burnt by accident (23 died), and replaced by Exmouth; both ships commanded by retired Staff Commnader William Sutherland Bourchier R.N. |