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&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Favorite_(1864).jpg) Favorite in 1869 with her funnel lowered
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| History | |
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| Name | Favorite |
| Laid down | 23 August 1860 |
| Launched | 5 July 1864 |
| Completed | 17 March 1866 |
| Fate | Sold to breakers, 30 March 1886 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3,232 long tons (3,284 t) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m) |
| Draught | 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m) (deep load) |
| Installed power | 1,770 ihp (1,320 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft; direct-acting steam engine |
| Sail plan | Ship-rigged, sail area 18,250 sq ft (1,695 m2) |
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| Complement | 250 |
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HMS Favorite was one of the three wooden warships of moderate dimension (the others being HMS Research and HMS Enterprise) selected by Sir Edward Reed for conversion to broadside ironclads in response to the increased tempo of French warship building during the early 1860s.