&sq=&lang=&file=File:Royal_Oak_(1862)_2.jpg) Royal Oak In Grand Harbour circa 1867 after being re-armed
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Royal Oak |
| Namesake | Royal Oak |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1 May 1860 |
| Launched | 10 September 1862 |
| Completed | 28 May 1863 |
| Commissioned | April 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 1871 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1885 |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type | Prince Consort-class armoured frigate |
| Displacement | 6,366 long tons (6,468 t) |
| Length | 273 ft (83.2 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft 6 in (17.8 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting-rod steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
| Complement | 585 |
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| Armour | |
HMS Royal Oak was a Prince Consort-class armoured frigate[Note 1] built for the Royal Navy in the 1860s. The lead ship of her class, she is sometimes described as a half-sister to the other three ships because of her different engine and boiler arrangements. Like her sisters, she was converted into an ironclad from a wooden ship of the line that was still under construction.
The ship spent most of her career with the Mediterranean Fleet, only briefly serving with the Channel Fleet. Royal Oak returned home in 1871 for a refit, but was instead placed in reserve to save money. Fourteen years later, still in reserve, she was sold for scrap in 1885.
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