Launching of the British sailing frigate HMS Phoebe and passing screw steam ship of the line HMS Nile in 1854

The Illustrated London News dated 22 April 1854

The 50-guns frigate was launched at the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth, England in the afternoon of 12 April. The passing warship is the British HMS 90-guns ship of the line HMS Nile. (1) While the frigate was towed by the steam tender was the Nile underway to her moorings in the Sound waiting for orders to join the Baltic Fleet. The Phoebe built along the lines of her sister ship HMS Indefagitable had as dimensions 174’8.5” (keel)-180 (between perpendiculars) x 51’6” (extreme) x 16’6” (depth in hold) and as measurement 2,043-82-94 burthen rons. At the shipyard were more as 3,000 workmen busy. Undocked as screw steamship at the Devonport Dockyard on 10 April 1860 was to Castle sold to be broken up at Charlton on 6 April 1876.

Note

1. Part of Rodney-class sailing ships of the line 2nd rate preceded by Boyne-class succeeded by Albion-class. Building ordered in November 1826, laid down by Plymouth Dockyard in October 8127, launched on 28 June 1939, converted into a screw steamship between 1852-1854, commissioned on 30 January 1854, decommissioned on 23 April 1864, reclassified as training shipin 1876, renamed Conway on 24 July 1876, wrecked on 14 May 1953 and what left was destroyed by fire on 31 October 1956