HMS Meeanee (1848)

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

History
UK
Name:	HMS Meeanee
Builder:	Bombay Dockyard
Laid down:	April 1842
Launched:	11 November 1848
Fate:	Broken up, 1906
General characteristics
Class & type:	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2591 bm
Length:	190 ft (58 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	56 ft 9 in (17.30 m)
Depth of hold:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

HMS Meeanee was a two-deck 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 11 November 1842 at Bombay Dockyard. She was named after the Battle of Meeanee.

Meeanee was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857, and was broken up in 1906.

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.