HMS Britannia, painting by Henry J. Morgan |
| History |
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| United Kingdom |
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| Name | HMS Prince of Wales |
| Ordered |
- 29 June 1848
- Re-ordered to complete as screw 9 April 1856
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| Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Laid down |
- 10 June 1848
- Commenced conversion to steam 27 October 1856
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| Launched | 25 January 1860 |
| Renamed | HMS Britannia, 3 March 1869 |
| Fate |
- Sold 13 September 1914
- Arrived at Blyth for breaking up July 1916
- Hulked from September 1909.
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| Notes | Engines removed 1867. |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type |
- Modified Queen-class 120- gun three-decker (as designed)
- Screw three-decker (as built)
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| Tonnage |
- 3,186 tons (as designed)
- 3,966 tons (as redesigned for steam)
- 3,994 tons (as built)
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| Displacement | 6,201 long tons (6,301 t) (as built) |
| Length |
- 210 ft (64 m) overall (as designed)
- 171 ft 1 in (52.1 m) keel-line (as designed)
- 252 ft 0 in (76.8 m) overall (as built)
- 213 ft 0 in (64.9 m) keel-line (as built)
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| Beam |
- 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m) (as designed)
- 60 ft 2 in (18.3 m) (as built)
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| Draught | 25 ft 5 in (if fully stored) |
| Depth of hold | 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
- Sails as designed
- Sails and screw as built
- single lifting screw, 800 nhp Penn engines 3,352 ihp (trials 31 Oct 1860)
- Main mast 67 ft x 42 in, Fore mast 61 ft x 40 in, Mizen 51 ft 6 in x 26 in (if fitted).
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| Speed | 12.569 knots (23.293 km/h) Stokes Bay trials 31 Oct 1860 |
| Complement |
- 970 (as sailing ship)
- 1,100
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| Armament |
- Gun deck 32 × 8-inch 65 cwt
- Middle deck 30 × 8 in 65 cwt
- Main deck 32 × 32-pdr 58 cwt
- Upper deck 26 × 32-pdr 42 cwt 1 × 68-pdr 95 cwt
- (Armament scheme at time of launch.)
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| Notes | Cost of building £134,192 |
HMS Prince of Wales was one of six 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate three-decker line-of-battle ships of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 January 1860.
In 1869 she was renamed HMS Britannia and under that name served at Dartmouth as a cadet training ship until 1905.
