HMS Atlas (1860)
| 300px HMS Atlas, 1901 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Atlas |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
| Launched: | 21 July 1860 |
| In service: | 1861 (in reserve) |
| Out of service: | 1904 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 2nd rate |
| Tonnage: | 3,318 Tons BOM |
| Displacement: | 5,260 Tons |
| Length: | 245 feet (74.68 m) |
| Decks: | Two decks |
| Propulsion: | Screw |
| Complement: | 860 (planned) |
| Armament: |
91 guns (1860-70) 54 guns (1870-79) Unarmed (1879-1904) |
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 sold for breaking in 1904.
Description
Atlas was 245 feet (74.68 m) long. She was to have been propelled by a screw propellor. Had she been completed, her complement would have been 860 men.[1]
History
Atlas was to have been a 91-gun second rate ship of the line. She was built at Chatham Dockyard, Kent and launched on 21 July 1860. She was initially earmarked for the Channel Fleet. Atlas was placed in reserve, in 1861 at Sheerness.[1] She was reduced to 54 guns in 1870.[2] In 1874, Atlas was transferred to Chatham Dockyard.[1] She was totally disarmed in 1879.[2]
In July 1881, Atlas was converted into a hospital ship, and lent to the Metropolitan Asylums Board along with Endymion, due to an outbreak of smallpox. She was initially stationed at Greenwich, Kent. In August 1882, she was moved to nearby Deptford Creek. Atlas was again lent to the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1884. She served in this rôle until 1904, when the new Joyce Green Hospital opened at Dartford, Kent. Atlas was sold for breaking.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Atlas". Peter Davis. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=45. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Atlas, 1860". P Benyon. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/A/00390.html. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
