HMS Bellerophon (1865)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bellerophon.

HMS Bellerophon as she appeared when completed in 1866.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bellerophon
NamesakeBellerophon
Ordered23 July 1863
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Cost£356,493
Laid down28 December 1863
Launched18 April 1865
Completed11 April 1866
CommissionedMarch 1866
RenamedIndus III in 1904
ReclassifiedTraining hulk in 1904
Stricken1914
Nickname(s)"Old Billy"
FateSold for scrap 12 December 1922
General characteristics
TypeCentral battery ironclad
Displacement7,551 long tons (7,672 t)
Length300 ft (91.4 m)
Beam56 ft 1 in (17.1 m)
Draught26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Installed power6,521 ihp (4,863 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine
Sail planShip rigged
Speed
  • 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) under sail
Range1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement650
Armament
Armour

HMS Bellerophon was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s.