Prince Consort-class ironclad
HMS Royal Oak in 1868 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Prince Consort |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Subclasses | HMS Royal Oak |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics (HMS Ocean) | |
| Type | Armoured frigate |
| Displacement | 6,832 long tons (6,942 t) |
| Length | 273 ft 1 in (83.2 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft 5 in (17.8 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
| Installed power | 4,244 ihp (3,165 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
| Complement | 605 |
| Armament | 24 × 7-inch (180 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns |
| Armour | |
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The Prince Consort class of ironclad battleship were four Royal Navy wooden-hulled broadside ironclads: HMS Royal Oak, HMS Prince Consort, HMS Ocean, and HMS Caledonia. They were originally laid down as Bulwark-class battleship, but were converted to ironclads. Royal Oak was Britain's fifth ironclad battleship completed.
Prince Consort, Ocean, and Caledonia were built to a common design and are today known as the Prince Consort class, though contemporaries knew them as the Caledonia class. Royal Oak was their half-sister.