HMS ''Howe'' was a 120-gun

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, launched on 28 March 1815 at

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. ''Howe'' was broken up in 1854.

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References

*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. .

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