HMS Prince of Wales (1860)

HMS Britannia, painting by Henry J. Morgan
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Prince of Wales [1]
Ordered
  • 29 June 1848 [2]
  • Re-ordered to complete as screw 9 April 1856 [2]
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard[1][2]
Laid down
  • 10 June 1848 [1]
  • Commenced conversion to steam 27 October 1856[1]
Launched25 January 1860[1]
RenamedHMS Britannia, 3 March 1869[1]
Fate
  • Sold 13 September 1914[1]
  • Arrived at Blyth for breaking up July 1916[3]
  • Hulked from September 1909.[3]
NotesEngines removed 1867.[3]
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Modified Queen-class 120- gun three-decker (as designed)[2]
  • Screw three-decker (as built)[1]
Tonnage
  • 3,186 tons (as designed)[1][2]
  • 3,966 tons (as redesigned for steam)[3]
  • 3,994 tons (as built)[3]
Displacement6,201 long tons (6,301 t) (as built)[3]
Length
  • 210 ft (64 m) overall (as designed)[1][2]
  • 171 ft 1 in (52.1 m) keel-line (as designed)[2]
  • 252 ft 0 in (76.8 m) overall (as built)[2]
  • 213 ft 0 in (64.9 m) keel-line (as built)[1]
Beam
  • 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m) (as designed)[2]
  • 60 ft 2 in (18.3 m) (as built)[3]
Draught25 ft 5 in (if fully stored)[1]
Depth of hold25 ft 2 in (7.7 m)[1]
Propulsion
  • Sails as designed
  • Sails and screw as built
  • single lifting screw, 800 nhp Penn engines 3,352 ihp (trials 31 Oct 1860)[1]
  • Main mast 67 ft x 42 in, Fore mast 61 ft x 40 in, Mizen 51 ft 6 in x 26 in (if fitted).[1]
Speed12.569 knots (23.293 km/h) Stokes Bay trials 31 Oct 1860[1]
Complement
Armament
NotesCost of building £134,192[1]

HMS Prince of Wales was one of six 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate three-decker line-of-battle ships of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 January 1860.

In 1869 she was renamed HMS Britannia and under that name served at Dartmouth as a cadet training ship until 1905.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860 pages 122, 127-128
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, page 90.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, page 183.