HMS Howe (1860)
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| 300px The former HMS Howe as the school ship HMS Impregnable in the 1890s. | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Howe |
| Ordered: | 3 April 1854 |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 10 March 1856 |
| Launched: | 7 March 1860 |
| Renamed: | |
| Fate: | Sold to break up, 18 February 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 4,236 |
| Length: | 260 feet |
| Beam: | 60ft 10in |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 121 (designed); actually never carried more than 12 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Howe.
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HMS Howe was built as a 121-gun screw First rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She and her sister HMS Victoria were the first and only British three-decker ships of the line to be designed from the start for screw propulsion, but the Howe was never completed for sea service (and never served under her original name) as she had already been made obsolete by the first ironclad battleships.
The highest number of guns she ever actually carried was 12, when she finally entered service as the training ship Bulwark in 1885.
Howe was named after Admiral Richard Howe. She was renamed a second time to Impregnable on 27 September 1886, but reverted to Bulwark in 1919 shortly before being sold for breaking up in 1921.
