Talk:HMS Vanguard (1835)

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[edit] Info Box Reversion

I have reverted the changes to the infobox made by 19:44, 25 June 2007 Martocticvs. The reason being that his changes involve a lot of information destruction, as can be seen by comparing the two below.

Career (UK)

Name:	HMS Vanguard
Ordered:	23 June 1832
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	May 1833
Launched:	25 August 1835
Fate:	Broken up, 1875
General characteristics
Class and type:	Vanguard class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	2609 tons
Length:	190 ft (gun deck length)
Beam:	56 ft 9 in
Depth of hold:	23 ft 4 in
Propulsion:	Sails
Complement:	700-750 officers and men
Armament:	80 guns: Gun deck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gun deck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarter deck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades

Career^[1]

Ordered:	June 1832
Laid down:	May 1833
Launched:	25 August 1835
First commissioned:	1837
Converted to Steam:	Never
Broken up:	1875
Specification^[2]
Displacement:	2,889 tons
Tonnage (BOM):	2,609 tons
Overall Length:	190 ft
Length of Keel for Tonnage:	155 ft 3 in
Beam:	56 ft 9 in
Depth in Hold:	23 ft 4 in
Draught:
Engine:	None
Speed under power:	NA
Rig:
Speed under sail:
Complement:	700-750 (gun crew = 702 men)
Armament (4 July 1832):
Gun deck	26 × 32 pdr 56 cwt, 2 × 68 pdr carronade
Main deck	30 × 32 pdr 56 cwt
Quarter deck	10 × 32 pdr 25 cwt
Forecastle	2 × 18 pdr 42 cwt, 4 × 32 pdr 25 cwt
Poop	4 × 18 pdr 10 cwt
Armament (3 December 1834):
Gun deck	26 × 32 pdr 56 cwt, 2 × 68 pdr 60 cwt
Main deck	26 × 32 pdr 48 cwt, 2 × 68 pdr 60 cwt
Quarter deck	14 × 32 pdr 48 cwt
Forecastle	2 × 32 pdr 48 cwt, 4 × 32 pdr 25 cwt
Poop	4 × 18 pdr 10 cwt
Cost to build:	£56,983
Cost to fit for sea:	£20,756

Good catch - saved the page before I'd finished there. I have resaved my earlier version but with the full data in the infobox this time (the box was changed incidentally as part of the WP:SHIPS drive to standardise all ship articles with the new infoboxes, though I hadn't intended to actually remove any information!) Martocticvs 22:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)