HMS Asia (1824) explained
HMS Asia was an 84-gun
second rate ship of the line of the
Royal Navy, launched on 19 January 1824 at
Bombay Dockyard.She was
Codrington's flagship at the
Battle of Navarino.
She served in the Syria campaign against Mehemet Ali, in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1840–41
In 1858 she was converted to serve as a guardship, and during several years she was flagship of the Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.
In 1908 she was sold out of the navy.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. .