HMS Meeanee was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 November 1842 at Bombay Dockyard.[1] She was named after the Battle of Meeanee. The Meanee had originally been intended to be named the Madras, and retained the figurehead of a native of Madras, though it no longer appropriate. The head builder at the H.E.I. company dock and shipbuilding yard was Cursetjee Rustomjee.[2] She sailed from Bombay for England in August 1849 with Persian artefacts for the British Museum.[3]
 Launch of the Meanee, 80 guns, at Bombay
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Meeanee |
| Builder | Wadia Group Cursetjee Rustomjee |
| Laid down | April 1842 |
| Launched | 11 November 1848 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1906 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2591 bm |
| Length | 190 ft (58 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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Meeanee was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857.
In 1870 she was a hospital ship moored in the centre of Hong Kong Harbour tending to the British Army.[4] personnel.
She was broken up in 1906.[1]
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Notes
edit- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
- ^ "The "Meanee" Line-Of-Battle Ship". Vol. 14, no. 352. The Illustrated London News. 6 January 1849. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Ashurnasirpal II artefacts". British Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Ray, S. K. (November 1912). "The Meanee Hospital ship, Hong Kong". BMJ Military Health. 19 (5): 658. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
References
edit- 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.
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