HMS Victor Emmanuel (1855)
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Victor Emmanuel |
| Ordered: | 4 April 1851 |
| Builder: |
Pembroke Dockyard Machinery by Maudslay, Sons & Field |
| Laid down: | 16 May 1853 |
| Launched: | 27 February 1855 |
| Commissioned: | 9 September 1858 |
| Renamed: |
Launched as HMS Repulse Renamed HMS Victor Emmanuel on 7 December 1855 |
| Reclassified: | Hospital and receiving ship from 1873 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1899 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Agamemnon-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 3,074 tons |
| Length: | 230 ft (70 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Sails 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion engines Single screw 600 nhp 2,424 ihp |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Speed: | 10.674kts (machinery) |
| Complement: | 860 |
| Armament: |
(as planned) 80 guns:
|
HMS Victor Emmanuel was a screw-propelled 91-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, originally launched as HMS Repulse, but renamed shortly after being launched.
Construction and commissioning
Victor Emmanuel was an Agamemnon-class ship of the line, a class originally designed as 80-gun sailing two-deckers.[2] They were re-ordered as screw ships in 1849, and Victor Emmanuel was duly reclassified as a 91-gun ship on 26 March 1852.[2] She was built and launched on 27 February 1855 under the name HMS Repulse, but was renamed Victor Emmanuel on 7 December 1855, in honour of Victor Emmanuel after he visited the ship.[3] She cost a total of £158,086, with £87,597 spent on her hull, and a further £35,588 spent on her machinery.[2]
Career
She served in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and off the African coast during the Anglo-Ashanti wars.[3] She was assigned to Hong Kong to replace HMS Princess Charlotte and used as a hospital and receiving ship there from 1873. She was sold in 1899.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 187.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lyon & Winfield. The Sail and Steam Navy List. pp. Chap. 5, pp. 5–6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Loney. "mid-Victorian RN vessels - Victor Emmanuel". http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=58.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9
- Victor Emmanuel's career
| Preceded by HMS Princess Charlotte |
Royal Navy receiving ship in Hong Kong 1873–1899 |
Succeeded by HMS Tamar |
