hms enterprise seventh hms enterprise royal_navy armoured sloop launched originally laid wooden screw sloop class redesigned completed central battery ironclad ship spent bulk career assigned mediterranean_fleet returning england paid enterprise sold scrap design description ship length perpendiculars feet beam feet draught feet inches deep load displaced long tons crew consisted officers men enterprise wooden hull shortly laid given shaped ram bow semi circular stern ship decks main deck close ship waterline upper deck carried armament feet waterline ship composite construction royal_navy iron propulsion enterprise direct acting horizontal single expansion cylinder direct acting steam engine driving single propeller steam provided pair tubular boilers engine produced indicated horsepower gave ship maximum speed knots mph enterprise carried long tons coal built funnel mounted middle battery protection impaired working guns relocated forward battery november barque rigged masts sail area square feet best speed sail steam knots mph armament enterprise armed pounder muzzle loading somerset cannon rifled pounder breech loading guns breech loading guns new design armstrong hoped firing tests carried september armoured target proved pounder inferior pounder gun armour penetration repeated incidents breech explosions battles caused navy withdraw guns service shortly attempt provide fire sides hull upper deck level cut away battery covered foot covered gun port gun traverse fire providing better coverage traditional broadside layout left arc forward aft gun bear inch solid shot somerset gun weighed approximately pounds gun weighed pounds gun velocity feet range yards inch shell pounder armstrong breech weighed pounds muzzle velocity elevation maximum range yards pounder gun weighed pounds guns fire solid shot explosive shells guns mounted wooden gun carriages difficult traverse keel captains run risk casting loose enterprise rearmed refit inch rifled muzzle loading guns calibre inch gun weighed long tons fired pound shell credited ability penetrate inch armour armour enterprise complete waterline belt wrought iron inches thick protected main deck shallow reaching feet inches waterline guns protected section inch armour feet long inch transverse bulkheads armour backed inches teak wood total weight armour long tons service ship laid england gun sloop renamed enterprise july reclassified armoured corvette construction barely begun redesigned iron upper hull armoured sides battery ship launched february commissioned completed june cost build enterprise initially served channel_fleet transferred mediterranean_fleet remained returned england refitted rearmed malta return ship paid 4th class reserve august enterprise sold scrap
HMS Enterprise (1864)