HMS ''Wellington'' was a 74-gun

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, launched on 21 September 1816 at Deptford Dockyard. The ship had originally been named HMS ''Hero'', but was renamed ''Wellington'' on 4 December 1816. She became a training ship in 1862, and ''Wellington'' was eventually sold out of the Navy in 1908. In 1826, HMS ''Wellington'' introduced mosquitos to the

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. These mosquitoes were introduced to a stream on Maui when sailors seeking fresh water rinsed out their water barrels in the stream. Prior to this, no mosquitoes lived in Hawaii.

Fate

''Wellington'' was converted to a training ship and named ''Akbar'' on 10 May 1862. In January 1877, she was driven ashore at Rock Ferry,

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. She was refloated on 4 January. ''Akbar'' served in as a training ship until 1908. She arrived at Thos. W. Ward, Morecambe on 8 April 1908 for breaking up.

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