HMS Prince of Wales (1860)

	HMS Britannia, painting by Henry J. Morgan
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Prince of Wales
Ordered	29 June 1848 ; Re-ordered to complete as screw 9 April 1856 ;
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	10 June 1848 ; Commenced conversion to steam 27 October 1856;
Launched	25 January 1860
Renamed	HMS Britannia, 3 March 1869
Fate	Sold 13 September 1914; Arrived at Blyth for breaking up July 1916; Hulked from September 1909.;
Notes	Engines removed 1867.
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Queen-class 120- gun three-decker (as designed); Screw three-decker (as built);
Tonnage	3,186 tons (as designed); 3,966 tons (as redesigned for steam); 3,994 tons (as built);
Displacement	6,201 long tons (6,301 t) (as built)
Length	210 ft (64 m) overall (as designed); 171 ft 1 in (52.1 m) keel-line (as designed); 252 ft 0 in (76.8 m) overall (as built); 213 ft 0 in (64.9 m) keel-line (as built);
Beam	60 ft 0 in (18.3 m) (as designed); 60 ft 2 in (18.3 m) (as built);
Draught	25 ft 5 in (if fully stored)
Depth of hold	25 ft 2 in (7.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails as designed; Sails and screw as built; single lifting screw, 800 nhp Penn engines 3,352 ihp (trials 31 Oct 1860); Main mast 67 ft x 42 in, Fore mast 61 ft x 40 in, Mizen 51 ft 6 in x 26 in (if fitted).;
Speed	12.569 knots (23.293 km/h) Stokes Bay trials 31 Oct 1860
Complement	970 (as sailing ship); 1,100;
Armament	Gun deck 32 x 8 inch 65 cwt; Middle deck 30 x 8 in 65 cwt; Main deck 32 x 32 pdr 58 cwt; Upper deck 26 x 32 pdr 42 cwt 1 x 68 pdr 95 cwt; (Armament scheme at time of launch.);
Notes	Cost of building £134,192

HMS Prince of Wales was one of six 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate three-decker line-of-battle ships of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 25 January 1860.

In 1869 she was renamed HMS Britannia and under that name served at Dartmouth as a cadet training ship until 1905.

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