- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Vengeur|ship of the line|3}} | Ship tons burthen=1754 (bm) | 176|ft|m|abbr=on}} (gundeck) | 47|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | 21|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=*74 guns:- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
- Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
- Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades
| Ship notes=
}} | HMS Rodney was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 December 1809 at Deptford.[1]The Dockyard was suffering from a shortage of seasoned timber at the time Rodney was being built. In consequence the hull was built from unseasoned wood which quickly shrunk and rotted when exposed to seawater. After just three years at sea all of the hull fastenings had given way and Rodney was returned to Deptford for decommissioning.[2] In 1827 she was reduced to a 50-gun ship, and in 1836 Rodney was sold out of the Navy.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
2. ^Albion 2000, p. 395
References- {{cite book|last=Albion|first=Robert Greenhalgh|title=Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862|year=2000|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=1557500215}}
- 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}}.
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