HMS Asia (1824)

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

HMS Asia (centre) fighting against two Ottoman ships at the Battle of Navarino
History
UK
Name:	HMS Asia
Ordered:	22 April 1819
Builder:	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down:	January 1822
Launched:	19 January 1824
Fate:	Sold, 1908
General characteristics
Class & 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

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

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

In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and in 1908 she was sold out of the navy.

Sternview of HMS Asia made 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.