HMS Donegal (1858)
The Donegal at sea, by John Cantiloe Joy, 1885 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Royal NavyUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | Donegal |
| Ordered | 27 December 1854 |
| Builder | HM Dockyard Devonport |
| Laid down | 27 September 1855 |
| Launched | 23 September 1858 |
| Completed | 27 August 1859 |
| Commissioned | 23 June 1859 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1870 |
| Renamed | As Vernon I, 14 January 1886 |
| Reclassified | As training ship, 14 January 1886 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 May 1925 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Conqueror-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 3,245 bm |
| Length | 275 ft (83.8 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 55 ft 5 in (16.9 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Depth of hold | 24 ft 5 in (7.4 m) |
| Installed power | 3,103 ihp (2,314 kW; 3,146 PS) |
| Propulsion | Screw propeller |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 11.8 kn (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph) |
| Complement | 930 |
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HMS Donegal was one of two 101-gun second-rate screw-driven Conqueror-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1850s. Completed in 1859, she served with the Channel and North America and West Indies Squadrons before she was decommissioned in 1870. The ship was renamed Vernon I in 1886 when she became part of HMS Vernon, the Royal Navy's torpedo and mine school. The ship was sold for scrap in 1925.