![]() Victor Emmanuel, receiving-ship. British squadron China Station, 1897 | |
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Name | HMS Victor Emmanuel |
Ordered | 4 April 1851 |
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Laid down | 16 May 1853 |
Launched | 27 February 1855 |
Commissioned | 9 September 1858 |
Renamed |
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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 bm |
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 |
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Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Speed | 10.674kts (machinery) |
Complement | 860 |
Armament |
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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.
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]
She served in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and off the African coast during the Anglo-Ashanti wars. [3] On 4 May 1861, Victor Emmanuel ran aground on the Leufchino Shoal, in the Mediterranean Sea. Repairs cost £69. [4] 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]
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