HMS Prince Consort

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Prince Consort
Builder	HM Royal Dockyard, Pembroke
Laid down	13 Aug 1860
Launched	26 June 1862
Completed	April 1864
Fate	Sold for breaking March 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; 8 × 100-pounder smoothbore; 16 ×68-pounder smoothbore guns; 1867 :; 4 × 8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 20 × 7 in (180 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 1871 :; 7 × 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 8 × 8 in (200 mm) muzzle-loading rifles;
Armour	Battery 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. 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.

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.

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

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