HMS Windsor Castle (1858)

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HMS Cambridge firing a torpedo
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Windsor Castle
Ordered	3 October 1833 Reordered on 29 June 1848 to modified sail design Reordered on 28 February 1857 to modified steam design
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	May 1844
Launched	26 August 1858
Renamed	Built as HMS Victoria Renamed HMS Windsor Castle on 6 January 1855 Renamed HMS Cambridge in 1869
Fate	Sold for breaking up on 24 June 1908
General characteristics As designed
Class and type	110-gun first-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	3,083 tons
Length	204 ft (62 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	11kts (under steam)
Complement	950
Armament	102 guns: Lower deck: 28 × 32-pdr guns + 2 × 68-pdr guns Main deck: 28 × 32-pdr guns + 2 × 68-pdr guns Upper deck: 32 × 32-pdr guns Quarter deck: 10 × short 32-pdr gunnades Forecastle: 2 × short 32-pdr gunnades + 2 × 68-pdr carronades 4 × 18-pdr carronades
General characteristics As completed
Class and type	102-gun first-rate ship of the line
Displacement	4,971 tons
Tons burthen	3,099 tons
Length	204 ft (62 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Propulsion	Sail 2-cyl. (64½in diam., 40in stroke, 130,700 cu.in. or 2142 litres) horizontal single expansion, trunk Single screw 500 nhp 2,052 ihp
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Speed	11kts (under steam)
Complement	930
Armament	102 guns: Lower deck: 30 × 8in guns Main deck: 30 × 32-pdr guns Upper deck: 30 × 32-pdr guns Quarter deck/Forecastle: 10 × 32-pdrs + 2 × 68-pdrs
General characteristics After 1862
Class and type	97-gun ship of the line
Armament	97 guns: 1 × 110-pdr (on pivot) 30 × 8 in guns 4 × 70-pdrs 6 × 40-pdrs 56 × 32-pdrs

HMS Windsor Castle was a triple-decker, 102-gun first-rate Royal Navy ship of the line. She was renamed HMS Cambridge in 1869, when she replaced a ship of the same name as gunnery ship off Plymouth.