HMS Conway (school ship)
Coordinates: 53°12′14″N 4°13′01″W / 53.204°N 4.217°W / 53.204; -4.217
HMS Conway at Rock Ferry |
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| Career | |
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| Name: | HMS Conway |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1953 |
| General characteristics 1857 - 1861 (HMS Conway) |
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| Class & type: | Conway-class corvette |
| Tons burthen: | 651 bm |
| Length: | 125 ft (38 m) (gundeck) 106 ft (32 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| General characteristics 1861 - 1875 (ex-HMS Winchester) |
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| Class & type: | Southampton-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,468 bm (as designed) |
| Length: | 172 ft (52 m) (gundeck) 144 ft 9 in (44 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 3.25 in (13 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 6 in (4 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| General characteristics 1875 - 1953 (ex-HMS Nile) |
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| Class & type: | Rodney-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2598 bm |
| Length: | 205 ft 6 in (62.64 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 54 ft 5 in (16.59 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| General characteristics 1953 - 1974 | |
| Class & type: | "Stone frigate" at Plas Newydd |
HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of its life aboard a 19th-century wooden battleship. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953, she ran aground and was wrecked, and later burned. The school moved to purpose-built premises on Anglesey where it continued for another twenty years.
Read more about HMS Conway (school ship): Origins, From Mersey To Menai, Loss of The Ship, Reasons For The Loss, Last Years of The School, Famous Alumni