HMS Galatea (1859)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Galatea.
HMS Galatea pictured c.1868. | |
Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Galatea |
Ordered: | 9 April 1856 |
Builder: |
Woolwich Dockyard Engines by John Penn & Son |
Laid down: | 2 February 1857 |
Launched: | 14 September 1859 |
Completed: | By February 1862 |
Fate: | Broken up in June 1883 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ariadne class 26-gun sixth rate screw frigate |
Displacement: | 4,686 tons |
Tons burthen: | 3,227 bm |
Length: | 280 ft (85.3 m) (overall) 245 ft 8 in (74.9 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
Depth of hold: | 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails 2-cyl. horizontal single expansion Rectangular boilers Single screw 800 nhp 3,061 ihp = 11.796kts |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Complement: | 450 |
Armament: |
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HMS Galatea was an Ariadne class 26-gun sixth rate wooden screw frigate in the Royal Navy, launched in 1859 and broken up 1883. She was first assigned to the Channel Squadron and then from 1863 to 1865 to the North America and West Indies Station based in Bermuda and Halifax. While in Halifax, Galatea inspired a trio of dramatic paintings by ship portrait artist John O'Brien.[1] In 1866, after a refit, she went on a world cruise, under the command of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
While in Sydney, Galatea was placed in the Fitzroy Dock, Cockatoo Island in 1870.[2]
Notes
References
- Gillett, Ross; Melliar-Phelps, Michael (1980). A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour. Rigby Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-7270-1201-0.
- Lyon, David & Winfield, Rif: The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815-1889 Chatham Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.