HMS Sultan (1870)

	HMS Sultan as she originally appeared.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sultan
Namesake	Abdulaziz
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	29 February 1868
Launched	31 May 1870
Completed	10 October 1871
Fate	Broken up, 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	9,290 long tons (9,439 t)
Length	325 ft (99 m)
Beam	59 ft (18 m)
Draught	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) light; 28 ft 9 in (8.76 m) deep load;
Propulsion	One-shaft Penn trunk engine, 7,720 ihp (5,757 kW)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship, sail area 49,400 sq ft (4,590 m2)
Speed	14.13 knots (16.26 mph; 26.17 km/h) under power; 6 knots (11 km/h) under sail;
Complement	633
Armament	8 × 10-inch (254 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns; 4 × 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 7 × 20-pounder breech-loading rifles;
Armour	Belt: 6–9 in (150–230 mm); Main deck battery: 9 in (230 mm); Upper deck battery: 8 in (200 mm); Bulkheads: 4.5–6 in (110–150 mm);

HMS Sultan was a broadside ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery. She was named for Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire, who was visiting England when she was laid down. Abdulaziz cultivated good relations with the Second French Empire and the British. In 1867 he was the first Ottoman sultan to visit Western Europe; his trip included a visit to England, where he was made a Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria and shown a Royal Navy Fleet Review, with Isma'il Pasha of Egypt.

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