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| Name | Hero (1816) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | ||
| Launched | 21 September 1816 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1756 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 74 | ||
| Fate | 1908 | ||
| Class | Armada | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1816.12 = Wellington. 1862 = Akbar, t.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 4 December 1816 | Renamed Wellington | ||
| 6 February 1854 - 1 April 1854 | Commanded by Charles Hope, guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness (replacing Monarch) | ||
| 25 April 1859 - 31 May 1860 | Commanded by Captain Robert Spencer Robinson, Superintendent of the steam reserve, guard ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
| 25 May 1860 - 13 July 1860 | Commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, guard ship of Sailing Ordinary, Plymouth (this was the last use of the word "Ordinary" to describe vessels not in commission) | ||
| 14 July 1860 - 15 July 1861 | Commanded by Commander Frederick Cannon, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Sabine Pasley | ||
| 10 May 1862 | Renamed Akbar | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 4 October 1852 | PORTSMOUTH, Sunday. It is reported here that Her Majesty has graciously signified her pleasure that the name of the leviathan line-of-battle ship Windsor Castle, 140, shall be chanced to that of "The Duke of Wellington," in token of Her Majesty's high esteem for the memory of that lamented hero. This resolve on the part of the Queen will be universally applauded, as we have nothing bearing the name of the deceased but two wretched old 74's (the Wellington and Wellesley). | ||
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