HMS Asia (1824)

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

HMS Asia was an 84-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 January 1824 at Bombay Dockyard.

Asia by John Ward of Hull
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Asia
Ordered	22 April 1819
Builder	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down	January 1822
Launched	19 January 1824
Fate	Sold, 1908
General characteristics
Class and type	Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2289 bm
Length	193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam	52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	84 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders, 2 × 68-pounder carronades Upper gundeck: 32 × 24-pounders Quarterdeck: 6 × 24-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 24-pounders, 4 × 32-pounder carronades

Nowrojee Jamsetjee Wadia, the Parsi master shipbuilder. Nowrojee sits with plans of the ship, and wears a shawl as traditionally given to builders by the British East India Company on completion of a new ship

HMS Asia (centre) fighting against two Ottoman ships at the Battle of Navarino

She was Codrington's flagship at the Battle of Navarino.

She served in the Syria campaign against Mehemet Ali, in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1840–41

In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and during several years she was flagship of the Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.

In 1908 she was sold out of the navy.

Sternview of HMS Asia by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

• Media related to HMS Asia (ship, 1824) at Wikimedia Commons