HMS Prince of Wales (1860)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Britannia.
HMS Prince of Wales was one of six 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate three-decker line-of-battle ships of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 January 1860.
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HMS Britannia, painting by Henry J. Morgan | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Prince of Wales [1] |
Ordered | |
Builder | Portsmouth Dockyard[1][2] |
Laid down | |
Launched | 25 January 1860[1] |
Renamed | HMS Britannia, 3 March 1869[1] |
Fate | |
Notes | Engines removed 1867.[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 6,201 long tons (6,301 t) (as built)[3] |
Length | |
Beam | |
Draught | 25 ft 5 in (if fully stored)[1] |
Depth of hold | 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 12.569 knots (23.293 km/h) Stokes Bay trials 31 Oct 1860[1] |
Complement | |
Armament |
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Notes | Cost of building £134,192[1] |
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In 1869 she was renamed HMS Britannia and under that name served at Dartmouth as a cadet training ship until 1905.