HMS Prince Consort

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Prince Consort
Builder HM Royal Dockyard, Pembroke [1]
Laid down13 Aug 1860
Launched26 June 1862 [2]
CompletedApril 1864
FateSold for breaking March 1882 [3]
General characteristics
Class and type Prince Consort-class ironclad
Displacement6,832 long tons (6,942 t)
Length
  • As built : 252 ft (77 m)
  • After 1861 : 273 ft (83 m)
Beam
  • As built : 57 ft (17 m)
  • After 1861 : 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m)
Draught
  • As built : 25 ft (7.6 m)
  • After 1861 : 24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion
  • One-shaft Maudsley
  • 1,000 nhp
Sail planDouble-topsail barque; sail area 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2)
Speed
  • 12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h) under power
  • 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) under sail
Complement605
Armament
ArmourBattery and belt: 4.5 in (110 mm) amidships and 3 in (76 mm) fore and aft

HMS Prince Consort was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy. [4] Laid down as HMS Triumph, at HM Royal Dockyard, Pembroke as a 91-gun screw second-rate line-of-battle ship, she was renamed HMS Prince Consort on 14 February 1862 following the death of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the husband of Queen Victoria. [5]

Her first posting after commissioning was to Liverpool; on her passage there, in an Irish Sea gale, it was found that she did not have enough scuppers fitted to discharge seawater coming aboard, and almost foundered. She served in the Channel Fleet from 1864 until 1867, when she was paid off to re-arm. From 1867 to 1871 she formed part of the Mediterranean Fleet, until she was brought home for a further re-armament. Notwithstanding this expense, she saw no further sea service, and by 1882 had fallen into disrepair, and was sold.

The "Prince Consort" brought passengers to Queensland (Australia) on 26 July 1862, 2 November 1862, 22 December 1863 and 30 March 1864, sailing from the English ports of Liverpool, Plymouth and Southampton. [6]

Prince Consort was widely regarded[ by whom? ] as being the second-worst roller in the entire fleet, being exceeded in this only by HMS Lord Clyde.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ J.J. Colledge, Revised and Updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate, Philadelphia & Newbury. p. Section P. ISBN   978-1-61200-0275.
  2. ↑ J.J. Colledge, Revised and Updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate, Philadelphia & Newbury. p. Section P. ISBN   978-1-61200-0275.
  3. ↑ J.J. Colledge, Revised and Updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate, Philadelphia & Newbury. p. Section P. ISBN   978-1-61200-0275.
  4. ↑ J.J. Colledge, Revised and Updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate, Philadelphia & Newbury. p. Section P. ISBN   978-1-61200-0275.
  5. ↑ J.J. Colledge, Revised and Updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate, Philadelphia & Newbury. p. Section T. ISBN   978-1-61200-0275.
  6. ↑ "Passenger Ships Arriving in Australasian Ports - Queensland Shipping - Passenger Ships into Queensland (1866-1875)" http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-qld2.htm#qld2 Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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