HMS Prince Consort (1862)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Prince Consort |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dock |
| Laid down: | 13 Aug 1860 |
| Launched: | 26 June 1862 |
| Completed: | April 1864 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Prince Consort-class ironclad |
| Displacement: | 6,832 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 plan: | Double-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 |
| Complement: | 605 |
| Armament: | 1864 : • 7 × 7 in (180 mm) breech-loading Armstrong rifles |
| Armour: | Battery and belt: 4.5 in (110 mm) amidships and 3 in (76 mm) fore and aft |
HMS Prince Consort was laid down at Pembroke as the 91-gun second-rate steam ship of the line HMS Triumph, but her name was changed in February 1862 in memory of the recently deceased Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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.
Prince Consort was widely regarded as being the second-worse roller in the entire Fleet, being exceeded in this only by HMS Lord Clyde.
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References
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- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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- Reed, E. J. (1869). Our Iron-Clad Ships: Their Qualities, Performance and Cost. London: John Murray. OCLC 7944535.
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