hms lord clyde hms lord clyde ship wooden lord clyde class armoured frigates built royal_navy 1860s sister ship lord warden heaviest wooden ships built fastest steaming wooden ships lord clyde initially assigned channel_fleet transferred mediterranean_fleet ship suffered engine problems career needed replaced years service rejoined mediterranean_fleet badly damaged ran aground year lord clyde repair hull found rotten sold scrap design description hms lord clyde feet long perpendiculars beam feet inches ship draught feet inches forward feet inches aft displaced long tons tons lord clyde low centre gravity meant rolled badly said worst roller victorian fleet characteristic dramatic rolling ships compared usual bad roller lord compare lord clyde generally performed worse sister ship lord warden sea trials lord clyde rolling gun ports fought main armament safety sailed sail steam captain reported frigate crew consisted officers enlisted men propulsion ship single cylinder trunk steam engine drove single propeller steam provided rectangular boilers engine largest powerful built produced indicated horsepower gave lord clyde speed knots mph steam severe vibration engine coupled flexibility wooden hull caused major problems ship career years engine worn replaced carried maximum long tons coal lord clyde ship rigged masts sail area square feet reduce drag funnels lowered best speed sail knots mph nearly slowest british ironclad ship holds double record largest ship type enter plymouth sound sail armament ship initially armed seven inch rifled muzzle loading guns pairs guns positioned fore aft chase guns upper main decks remaining guns mounted broadside amidships seven inch gun weighed long tons fired pound shell able penetrate inch armour lord clyde original armament replaced refit pair inch guns inch guns retained pair original seven inch guns guns remained position forward chase guns main deck inch guns chase gun upper deck replaced pair seven inch aft chase guns main deck upper deck pair inch guns broadside remaining inch guns mounted main deck broadside amidships shell inch gun weighed pounds gun weighed long tons muzzle velocity rated ability penetrate inches wrought iron armour inch gun weighed long tons fired pound shell muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate inches armour armour entire lord clyde hull upper deck protected wrought iron armour tapered inches ends inches amidships extended feet waterline forward chase guns upper deck protected inch armour plates sides hull inch transverse bulkhead rear protected fire armour backed inches oak inches iron skin ship construction service lord clyde named recently deceased field marshal 1st baron clyde ordered july laid september launched october ship commissioned june run sea trials completed september cost exclusive armament commanded captain ship initially assigned channel_fleet spent months temporary flagship transferred mediterranean lord clyde cruise mediterranean_fleet fractured steel engines continued deteriorate condemned longer safe use fleet engineer arrived naples ship sent sail repair temporary repairs enable reach home arrival plymouth lord clyde paid new engine built devonport dockyard addition bladed propeller replaced lighter bladed propeller drag ship rearmed remained reserve recommissioned command captain officer won victoria_cross war lord clyde rejoined mediterranean_fleet months arrival ran aground whilst attempting rescue british steamship gone aground island attempts ship float futile remained stuck fast taking damage wave action strained rudder post rudder lord warden able pull tow repaired malta dockyard estimated repairs months navigator convicted court martial served sea admiralty ordered lord clyde repaired allow passage home required months work ship escorted plymouth ironclad defence paid arrival engines boilers removed allow hull thoroughly inspected found entire hull fungus partly wood ship construction spent years attempting kill fungus stop continuing deterioration efforts failed lord clyde sold scrap lost value
HMS Lord Clyde (1864)