HMS Atlas (1860)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Atlas.
HMS Atlas was a 91-gun second rate ship which was never completed and spent her entire service in reserve or as a hospital ship. She was launched in 1860, and lent to the Metropolitan Asylums Board for use as a hospital ship in 1881, and sold to them in 1885. Atlas served until 1904, when she was sold for breaking.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Atlas |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Way number | No. 6 Slip |
Laid down | 1858 |
Launched | 21 July 1860 |
In service | 1861 (in reserve) |
Out of service | 1885 |
Fate | Sold 1885 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Atlas |
Owner | Metropolitan Asylums Board |
Acquired | 1885 |
In service | 1881 |
Out of service | 1904 |
Homeport | Deptford |
Fate | Scrapped 1904 |
General characteristics | |
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Displacement | 5,260 Tons |
Tons burthen | 3,318 Tons bm |
Length | 245 ft (74.68 m) |
Decks | Two decks |
Propulsion | Steam engine, screw propeller |
Complement | 860 (planned) |
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