In the book of Colledge dealing with the ships of the British Royal Navy is the 6th rate Atholl mentioned. Originall armed with 20-32 pounder carronades, 6-18 pounder carronades and 2-9 pounders, he was launched at the Woolwich dockyard 23 November 1820. She had a builders measurement of 503 ton, a length of 114", and a beam of 32". In July 1832 she became a troopship and was finally broken up at Devonport in April 1863. David Lyon and Rif Winfield supplied more information. She gave her name to her class, her first cost was £ 14.589 without, and with fitting £ 18,239, ordered to be built 27 October 1816, her keel was laid down November 1818, since January 1851 at Sheerness as a storeship after being hulked, depotship at Greenock November 1854, September 1861 reserve at Portsmouth and in contrary to what Colledge wrote broken up at Portsmouth.
In the Nautical Magazine of April 1832 (p. 105-106) is some additional information given dealing with the used timber. The news item was originally published in the Portsmouth Herald. Probably the reason given in the news item was the reason that the Atholl was transformed from a 6th rate into a troopship.
P. 105: "His Majesty's Ship Athol, 28, lately returned from the coast of Africa, will shortly be docked and, probably
p. 106: broken up. She was built from larch grown on the estate of the late Duke of Athol, whence her name(1). The noble Duke planted enormous quantities of larch trees by way of experiment, and the Athol was built at the same time as the Niemen (2), the former of larch, the latter of Riga fir, This was done by order of the late Admiralty, in order to ascertain the comparative durability of these two kinds of timber. About three years ago these two ships were surveyed at this port. and the result of the survey appears to have been in favour of larch timber over Riga, as the Niemen was broken up immediately after the survey. Larch timber is not, however, fir for building large ships, its length being so short."
Sources
The Nautical Magazine, vol. 1. April 1832. Nautical Miscellany-Edito's Notes, p. 105-106. Digitized by Google.
J.J. Colledge/B. Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. London, 2006.
David Lyon/Rif Winfield. The Sail&Steam Navy List. All the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. London, 2004.
Notes
1. When Slade made his remarks dealing with the Turkish navy he referred to the shipbuilding at his own country and 'no lord of acres, oaks growing thereon'. See on this weblog 1 September 2009 my note titled "The Ottoman or Turkish navy around 1837 as described by Adolphus Slade with especially attention for the 64-gun ship Nusritye".
2. The Niemen was of the Atholl-class, so being a sisters hip of the Atholl, launched at the same day and dockyard, broken up at Portsmouth completed in January 1828.
In the Nautical Magazine of April 1832 (p. 105-106) is some additional information given dealing with the used timber. The news item was originally published in the Portsmouth Herald. Probably the reason given in the news item was the reason that the Atholl was transformed from a 6th rate into a troopship.
P. 105: "His Majesty's Ship Athol, 28, lately returned from the coast of Africa, will shortly be docked and, probably
p. 106: broken up. She was built from larch grown on the estate of the late Duke of Athol, whence her name(1). The noble Duke planted enormous quantities of larch trees by way of experiment, and the Athol was built at the same time as the Niemen (2), the former of larch, the latter of Riga fir, This was done by order of the late Admiralty, in order to ascertain the comparative durability of these two kinds of timber. About three years ago these two ships were surveyed at this port. and the result of the survey appears to have been in favour of larch timber over Riga, as the Niemen was broken up immediately after the survey. Larch timber is not, however, fir for building large ships, its length being so short."
Sources
The Nautical Magazine, vol. 1. April 1832. Nautical Miscellany-Edito's Notes, p. 105-106. Digitized by Google.
J.J. Colledge/B. Warlow. Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. London, 2006.
David Lyon/Rif Winfield. The Sail&Steam Navy List. All the ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889. London, 2004.
Notes
1. When Slade made his remarks dealing with the Turkish navy he referred to the shipbuilding at his own country and 'no lord of acres, oaks growing thereon'. See on this weblog 1 September 2009 my note titled "The Ottoman or Turkish navy around 1837 as described by Adolphus Slade with especially attention for the 64-gun ship Nusritye".
2. The Niemen was of the Atholl-class, so being a sisters hip of the Atholl, launched at the same day and dockyard, broken up at Portsmouth completed in January 1828.
