HMS Goliath (1842)

Vanguard-class ship of the line

Launch of the Goliath (far right) and the Virago at Chatham Dockyard

HMS Goliath was an 80-gun two-deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard.^[1]

Goliath was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857.^[1] In 1870, she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys.

Burning of the Training-Ship Goliath, The Illustrated London News, 1876

Goliath was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays.^[2] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 boys were killed.^{[citation needed]}

The burning. The Graphic 1876

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p191.
2. The Times (London), Thursday, 23 December 1875, p.5

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.

External links

• Media related to HMS Goliath (ship, 1842) at Wikimedia Commons