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==Service==
==Service==
''Duke of Wellington'' replaced {{UK-Victory|f=p}} as the flagship for the port admiral at Portsmouth and served as a receiving ship. She
''Duke of Wellington'' replaced {{UK-Victory|f=p}} as flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1891 and as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 24 October, 1884 to 1886.


==Captains==
==Captains==

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H.M.S. Duke of Wellington (1852)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: May, 1849[2]
Launched: 14 Sep, 1852[3]
Completed: 4 Feb, 1853[4]
Broken up: 1904[5]

H.M.S. Duke of Wellington was a 131-gun ship of the line featuring a full rig and a modest steam plant repurposed from another vessel.

She resembled a fighting ship from 50 years earlier, but of larger proportion. In the Dreadnought Era, she served as a receiving ship at Portsmouth.

Service

Duke of Wellington replaced H.M.S. Victory as flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth from 1869 to 1891 and as flagship for Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 24 October, 1884 to 1886.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Wikipedia.
  5. Wikipedia.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 212.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 216.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 219.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 245.
  10. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  11. Wilson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 205.
  12. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 249.
  13. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 248.

Bibliography