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”Victoria” measured {{convert|260|ft|m|1}} on the [[gundeck]] and {{convert|221|ft|10|in|m|1}} on the [[keel]]. She had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|60|ft|1|in|m|1}}, a maximum [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|21|ft|2|in|m|1}}, and a [[depth of hold]] of {{convert|26|ft|10|in|m|1}}. The ship had a tonnage of 4,126 <small>{{fraction|71|94}}</small> [[Builder’s Old Measurement|tons burthen]]<ref name=w1/> and [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|6959|LT|t|lk=on}}.<ref name=Lambert122/> The armament of the ”Victoria” class consisted of thirty-two [[ML 8-inch shell gun|{{cvt|8|in|mm|0}} shell guns]] on her lower gun deck, thirty 8-inch shell guns on the middle gun deck and thirty-two [[32-pounder gun|32-pounder (56 cwt) guns]]<ref group=Note>”Cwt” is the abbreviation for [[hundredweight]], 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.</ref> on her upper gun deck. Between their [[forecastle]] and [[quarterdeck]], they carried twenty-six 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns and a single [[68-pounder gun|68-pounder (95 cwt)]] on a [[pivot mount]]. Their crew numbered 1000 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=w1>Winfield 2014, p. 22</ref> |
”Victoria” measured {{convert|260|ft|m|1}} on the [[gundeck]] and {{convert|221|ft|10|in|m|1}} on the [[keel]]. She had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|60|ft|1|in|m|1}}, a maximum [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|21|ft|2|in|m|1}}, and a [[depth of hold]] of {{convert|26|ft|10|in|m|1}}. The ship had a tonnage of 4,126 <small>{{fraction|71|94}}</small> [[Builder’s Old Measurement|tons burthen]]<ref name=w1/> and [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|6959|LT|t|lk=on}}.<ref name=Lambert122/> The armament of the ”Victoria” class consisted of thirty-two [[ML 8-inch shell gun|{{cvt|8|in|mm|0}} shell guns]] on her lower gun deck, thirty 8-inch shell guns on the middle gun deck and thirty-two [[32-pounder gun|32-pounder (56 cwt) guns]]<ref group=Note>”Cwt” is the abbreviation for [[hundredweight]], 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.</ref> on her upper gun deck. Between their [[forecastle]] and [[quarterdeck]], they carried twenty-six 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns and a single [[68-pounder gun|68-pounder (95 cwt)]] on a [[pivot mount]]. Their crew numbered 1000 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=w1>Winfield 2014, p. 22</ref> |
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”Victoria” powered by a two-cylinder horizontal [[marine steam engine|single-expansion steam engine]] that was rated at 1000 [[nominal horsepower]]; it used steam from eight [[fire-tube boiler]]s to drive the single [[propeller shaft]].<ref name=w1/> engine was built by [[Maudslay, Sons and Field]] produced {{convert|4403|ihp|kW PS|lk=on}} during [[sea trials]] on 5 July 1860 and gave her a maximum speed of {{convert|11.8|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=Lambert122>Lambert, p. 122</ref> |
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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Victoria was a 121-gun screw first-rate ship of the line built for the Royal Navy during the 1850s. She and her sister ship HMS Howe were the only British three-decker ships of the line to be designed from the start for screw propulsion, and were the largest wooden battleships of their time. She was the world’s second largest wooden battleship after Howe.[1] She was also the world’s second largest warship until the completion of HMS Warrior, Britain’s first ironclad battleship, in 1861. Between 1864 and 1867 Victoria was in active service as flagship of Britain’s Mediterranean Fleet. She was paid off in 1867 without ever seeing combat, and was sold for scrap in 1893.
Description
Victoria measured 260 feet (79.2 m) on the gundeck and 221 feet 10 inches (67.6 m) on the keel. She had a beam of 60 feet 1 inch (18.3 m), a maximum draught of 21 feet 2 inches (6.5 m), and a depth of hold of 26 feet 10 inches (8.2 m). The ship had a tonnage of 4,126 71⁄94 tons burthen[2] and displaced 6,959 long tons (7,071 t).[3] The armament of the Victoria class consisted of thirty-two 8 in (203 mm) shell guns on her lower gun deck, thirty 8-inch shell guns on the middle gun deck and thirty-two 32-pounder (56 cwt) guns[Note 1] on her upper gun deck. Between their forecastle and quarterdeck, they carried twenty-six 32-pounder (42 cwt) guns and a single 68-pounder (95 cwt) on a pivot mount. Their crew numbered 1000 officers and ratings.[2]
Victoria was powered by a two-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine that was rated at 1000 nominal horsepower; it used steam from eight fire-tube boilers to drive the single propeller shaft.[2] Her engine was built by Maudslay, Sons and Field, it produced 4,403 indicated horsepower (3,283 kW; 4,464 PS) during the ship’s sea trials on 5 July 1860 and gave her a maximum speed of 11.8 knots (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph). The Victoria-class ships were unique in the RN as the only steam battleships with boiler rooms fore and aft of the engine room.[3]
Construction and career
Victoria was ordered on 3 April 1854 without a name, named on 6 January 1855, laid down on 1 April 1856 at HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, and launched on 12 November 1859. She was completed on 20 April 1860, and was immediately laid up as part of the reserve fleet at Portsmouth. The ship was finally commissioned on 2 November 1864, when she became flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet under Vice-Admiral Robert Smart and Captain James Graham Goodenough (from 1865: Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, Captain Alan Henry Gardner). Victoria was based in Malta until 1867 when she returned home.[2]
The ship participated in the Fleet review at Spithead on 17 July 1867 and she was paid off on 7 August. She became part of the reserve fleet at Portsmouth again, eventually had her armament reduced to 12 guns, and was sold for scrapping on 31 May 1893.
Notes
- ^ “Cwt” is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 56 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
References
Bibliography
- Lambert, Andrew D. (1984). Battleships in Transition: The Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-315-X.
- Winfield, Rif (2010). First Rate: The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591142645.
- Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
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