HMS Victoria (1859)
HMS Victoria, painting by William Mackenzie Thomson | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Royal NavyUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Victoria |
| Ordered | 6 January 1855 |
| Builder | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth |
| Laid down | 1 April 1856 |
| Launched | 12 November 1859 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 31 May 1893 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Victoria-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 6,959 tons |
| Tons burthen | 412671⁄94 bm |
| Length | 260 ft (79.2 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft 1 in (18.3 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 2 in (6.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m) |
| Installed power | 8 boilers, 4,403 ihp (3,283 kW; 4,464 PS) |
| Propulsion | 1 propeller shaft; 1 steam engine |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 11.8 knots (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph) |
| Complement | 1,000 officers and ratings |
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HMS Victoria was a 121-gun screw first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She and her sister ship HMS Howe were the only British three-decker ships of the line to be designed from the start for screw propulsion, and were the largest wooden battleships of their time. She was the world's second largest wooden battleship after her sister ship HMS Howe. She was also the world's second largest warship until the completion of HMS Warrior, Britain's first ironclad battleship, in 1861. Between 1864 and 1867 Victoria was in active service as flagship of Britain's Mediterranean Fleet. She was paid off in 1867 without ever seeing combat, and was sold for scrap in 1893.