class armoured frigate built royal_navy 1860s spent career flagship channel_fleet second command russo turkish war ironclads sent constantinople russian occupation ottoman capital participated queen_victoria ship placed reserve years later served training ship year converted coal hulk renamed served sold scrap design description class armoured frigates essentially enlarged versions ironclad heavier armament armour powerful engines retained broadside ironclad layout predecessor sides fully armoured protect guns designed carry shaped ram prominent ships feet long perpendiculars feet long overall beam feet inches draft feet inches class ships displaced long tons hull subdivided watertight transverse bulkheads double underneath engine boiler rooms considered excellent sea boat steady gun platform steam practically sail built ship partially result metacentric height feet propulsion cylinder horizontal return connecting rod steam engine driving single propeller steam provided rectangular fire tube boilers produced total indicated horsepower ship sea trials december maximum speed knots mph ship carried long tons coal steam nautical miles knots mph masts sail area square feet knots mph sail mainly ship propeller disconnected hoisted stern ship reduce drag funnels semi retractable reduce wind resistance sail admiral described sisters performers canvas fleet day ships carried dress little purpose withdrawal active service masts removed rigged barque armament armament class ships intended rifled pounder breech loading guns main deck upper deck pivot mounts gun new design armstrong proved failure years introduction gun withdrawn received class ships armed instead mix seven inch inch rifled muzzle loading guns inch seven inch guns mounted main deck seven inch guns fitted upper deck chase guns ship received brass use guns gun ports inches wide allowed gun fire fore aft beam shell inch gun weighed pounds gun weighed long tons muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate inches wrought iron armour muzzle seven inch gun weighed long tons fired pound shell credited ability penetrate inch armour rearmed uniform armament inch guns main deck forward chase guns rear chase gun gun ports enlarged accommodate larger guns hand cost inches breech loading guns replaced inch muzzle loading guns quick firing inch guns pounder hotchkiss guns machine guns torpedo tubes installed armour entire class ships protected wrought iron armour tapered inches ends inches amidships section bow upper main decks armour extended feet inches waterline single inch transverse bulkhead protected forward chase guns upper deck armour backed inches teak construction service named victory battle originally ordered september hms captain changed construction laid october shipyard ship launched march commissioned june sea trials completed december lengthy delay completion frequent changes design details experiments armament sailing rig ship cost total assignment half sister northumberland tow floating drydock picked warrior taken bermuda ships departed june loaded long tons coal bags gun decks transferred floating dock days later uneventful voyage assigned channel_fleet return flagship second command fleet began refit grounding assignment suffered near ran aground near gibraltar nearly sank leading column ships contrary normal practice senior flagship lead column gently ran aground sideways senior flagship navigator failed compensate set tide warrior immediately following nearly collided managed sheer time stuck fast guns removed coal tossed overboard towed hercules commanded lord days later heavy weather set night freed wrecked aground fleet commander deputy relieved commands result incident ship repaired devonport captain assumed command september commander executive officer later commented turned worst disciplined ship squadron months commissioned went mediterranean lord clyde court martial beat mediterranean fleet drills exercises great triumph vice admiral sir commander channel_fleet transferred flag sister flagship taken hand refit lasted year paid turn refit armament lasted russo turkish war government concerned russians advance ottoman capital constantinople ordered form flag constantinople deter russian threat served flagship second command squadron sailed dardanelles february tensions faded ship returned channel served second flag including queen_victoria active career served flagship year paid subsequently held reserve portsmouth transferred portland use training ship served years portland depot ship boys renamed march moved renamed years final journey arrival old ship converted coal hulk known simply decades naval historian called dilapidated incredibly self scrapped beginning october
HMS Agincourt (1865)