HMS Royal Oak (1862)
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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.
Royal Oak In Grand Harbour circa 1867 after being re-armed | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS 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 |
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.