HMS Enterprise (1864)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Royal Dockyard Deptford England |
| Cost: | £62,464 |
| Laid down: | 5 May 1862 |
| Launched: | 9 February 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 3 June 1864 |
| Decommissioned: | 1871 |
| Fate: | Sold February 23, 1884 and scrapped 1886 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1350 tons full load |
| Length: | 180 ft (55 m) pp |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Barque-rigged, 18,250 ft² (1,695 m²) Ravenhill horizontal steam piston engine, 2-45in (1143mm) cylinders with an 18 in (457 mm) stroke producing 160 horsepower (119 kW) at 90 rpm on one shaft |
| Speed: | 9.9 knots (18 km/h) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Armament: | 2 x 100 pdr (45 kg) "Somersets," 2 x 110 pdr (50 kg) BL, replaced in 1868 by 4 x 7 in (178 mm) ML rifled guns |
| Armour: | iron plate, 4.5 in (114 mm) thick, from below the load line to the upper decks |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Enterprise.
The seventh HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was a sloop of war launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard. Originally laid down as a wooden screw sloop of the Camelion class, she was redesigned by Edward Reed and completed as an ironclad with her armament mounted in a central tower, making her one of the first vessels of composite construction.
She was laid down on 5 May 1862, at the Royal Dockyards, Deptford, England, launched 9 February 1864, and completed 3 June 1864. In 1868 her armament was replaced with four 7 in Muzzle Loaders.
She served with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1871 when she was placed in reserve; she was assigned to harbour service at Chatham in 1875. On February 23, 1884, she was sold, and in November 1886 was broken up.
[edit] References
- Chesnau, Roger; Eugene M. Kolesnik (1979). Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Selected Extracts from "Famous Ships of the British Navy". Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
