HMS Caledonia (1862)

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Caledonia
Namesake	Caledonia
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	10 October 1860
Launched	24 October 1862
Completed	July 1865
Fate	Broken up, 1886
General characteristics
Class & type	Prince Consort-class ironclad
Displacement	6,832 long tons (6,942 t)
Length	As built : 252 ft (77 m) After 1866 : 273 ft (83 m)
Beam	As built : 57 ft (17 m) After 1866 : 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m)
Draught	As built : 25 ft (7.6 m) light 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) deep load After 1866 : 24 ft (7.3 m) light 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) deep load
Propulsion	One-shaft Maudsley horizontal reciprocating 3,750 ihp (2,796 kW)
Sail plan	Single-topsail barque, sail area 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m²)
Speed	12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) under power 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) under sail
Complement	605
Armament	1865 : 10 × 7 in (180 mm) breech loading Armstrong rifles 8 × 100-pounder smoothbore 12 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns 1867 : 4 × 8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 20 × 7 in (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
Armour	Battery and belt: 4.5 in (110 mm) amidships and 3 in (76 mm) fore and aft

HMS Caledonia was a broadside ironclad of the Prince Consort class. Originally laid down as a two-decker steam ship of the line of the Bulwark class, Caledonia was converted on the building stocks into an armoured frigate.