HMS London (1840)
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HMS London was a 92-gun 2-decker 2nd rate ship of the line launched for the Royal Navy in 1840.
In 1854 this wooden ship took part in the bombardment of Fort Constantine at Sevastopol during the Crimean War, where she sustained damage.
In 1858 she was converted to screw propulsion, and reduced to 72 guns.
By 1873, she was a hulk, serving as a depot ship in Zanzibar Bay, off the east coast of Africa. In March of 1878 she was recommissioned, and involved in the suppression of the slave trade in the area, serving as a central depot for many smaller steam screw boats; she functioned as a repair depot, a hospital and a storage ship. From the Native populations serving onboard at this time were Seedies_and_Kroomen.
In 1884 she was sold or broken up.
See HMS London for other Navy ships of this name.
