HMS Nankin
HMS Nankin was a fourth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. It was built by Oliver Lang[1] in Woolwich dockyard in 1850 and named after the city of Nanking (now named Nanjing). It could hold 500 men and 50 guns, including a variety of guns, ranging from 32-pounder to 68-pounder. For structural reasons, the navy decided that eight guns would be mounted on the gangways amidships, but this also meant that no spar-decked frigates mounted guns in its waists.[2] It was involved in the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1859, but was then moved back to Pembroke dock. It was sold in 1895.[3]
Dimensions
[edit]| Displacement | 2540 tons |
| Hull material | Wood |
| Length | 185 feet(Including bow) |
| Width | 50 feet |
References
[edit]- ^ Grace's Guide: O W Lang
- ^ "HMS Nankin(1850); Warship; Frigate; 50 Guns | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "HMS Nankin". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Bolckow (2011-08-04), Chinese Cannon landed from H.M.S. Nanking at Chatham in 1856, on the North Terrace Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, retrieved 2025-02-27