HMS Research (1863)

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Research in 1864
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Research
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Cost	£71,287[Note 1][1]
Laid down	3 September 1861
Launched	15 August 1863
Completed	6 April 1864
Commissioned	6 April 1864
Fate	Laid up 1878 Sold for breaking, 1884
General characteristics as originally designed
Type	Wooden Camelion-class sloop
Displacement	1,200 tons
Length	185 ft (56 m)
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draught	13 ft (4.0 m) light, 15 ft (4.6 m) deep load
General characteristics after conversion
Type	Ironclad sloop
Displacement	1,743 tons
Tons burthen	1,253 bm
Length	195 ft (59 m) pp
Beam	38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught	13 ft (4.0 m) light, 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) deep load
Installed power	200 nominal horsepower 1,040 indicated horsepower (780 kW)
Propulsion	Boulton and Watt horizontal single-expansion direct-acting steam engine 2 × tubular boilers 1 × hoisting 12-foot (4 m) screw
Sail plan	Barque rig, sail area 18,250 sq ft (1,695 m2)
Speed	10.3 knots (19 km/h) under power; 6 knots (11 km/h), best sailing speed
Complement	150
Armament	1864: 4 × 100-pounder smoothbore guns 1870: 4 × 7-inch (180-mm) 6½-ton muzzle-loading rifles
Armour	4.5 inch belt and battery 4.5 inch bulkheads

HMS Research was a small ironclad warship, converted from a wooden-hulled sloop and intended as an experimental platform in which to try out new concepts in armament and in armour. She was launched in 1863, laid up in 1878 and sold for breaking in 1884, having displayed serious limitations as a warship.

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