HMS Favorite (1864)

	Favorite in 1869 with her funnel lowered
History
United Kingdom
Name	Favorite
Laid down	23 August 1860
Launched	5 July 1864
Completed	17 March 1866
Fate	Sold to breakers, 30 March 1886
General characteristics
Displacement	3,232 long tons (3,284 t)
Length	225 ft (69 m)
Beam	46 ft 11 in (14.30 m)
Draught	22 ft 9 in (6.93 m) (deep load)
Installed power	1,770 ihp (1,320 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft; direct-acting steam engine
Sail plan	Ship-rigged, sail area 18,250 sq ft (1,695 m2)
Speed	11.8 knots (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph) under power; 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) under sail;
Complement	250
Armament	1866 :; 8 × 100 pdr Somerset cannon; 1869 :; 8 × 7 in (178 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × 68 pdr smoothbore guns;
Armour	Box battery: 4.5 in (114 mm); Belt: 4.5 in; Bulkheads: 4.5 in;

HMS Favorite was one of the three wooden warships of moderate dimension (the others being HMS Research and HMS Enterprise) selected by Sir Edward Reed for conversion to broadside ironclads in response to the increased tempo of French warship building during the early 1860s.

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