HMS Liverpool (1860)

HMS Liverpool at anchor
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Liverpool
NamesakeLiverpool
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid down14 November 1859
Launched30 October 1860
CompletedApril 1863
FateSold for breaking up 26 June 1875
General characteristics
Class and typeLiffey-class frigate
Displacement3,915 long tons (3,978 t)
Tons burthen2656
Length285 ft (86.9 m) o.a.
Beam50 ft 1.5 in (15.3 m)
Installed power1,935 ihp (1,443 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Steam engine
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament
  • 26 × 8-inch (203 mm) muzzle-loading smoothbore guns
  • 8 × 64-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore guns
  • 4 × 7-inch (178 mm) guns
Departure of the Flying Squadron from Simon's Bay HMS Liverpool saluting Sir Philip Wodehouse on board HMS Rattlesnake, 1860

HMS Liverpool was a fourth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.