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History
United Kingdom
Name HMS Union
Ordered 16 July 1801
Builder Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down October 1805
Launched 16 September 1811
Fate Broken up, 1833
General characteristics
Class and type Boyne-class ship of the line
Tons burthen 2,149 bm
Length 186 ft (57 m) (gundeck)
Beam 51 ft 5 in (15.67 m)
Depth of hold 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 98 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 2 × 18 pdrs, 12 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 18 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
'Boyne' (1810); 'Union' (1811) RMG J1704
Stern of the Union

HMS Union was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1811 at Plymouth Dockyard.

She was broken up in 1833.

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