royal_navy prince consort class ironclads completed originally laid gun second rate ship line converted construction armoured frigate ship spent bulk career served flagship time return great_britain hull found partly rotten placed reserve sold scrap design description feet inch long perpendiculars beam feet inches ship draught feet inches forward feet inches aft displaced long tons ocean metacentric height feet meant rolled lot gun platform hull metal reduce crew consisted officers enlisted men propulsion ocean simple horizontal cylinder horizontal return connecting rod steam engine driving single propeller shaft steam provided rectangular boilers engine produced indicated horsepower ship sea trials june gave ship maximum speed knots mph ocean carried maximum long tons coal steam nautical miles knots mph barque rigged masts sail area square feet best speed propeller disconnected sail knots mph yards added ship ocean given ship rig retained rest career armament ocean initially armed seven inch rifled muzzle loading guns guns mounted upper deck chase guns fore aft calibre seven inch gun weighed long tons fired pound shell credited ability penetrate inches armour guns replaced inch rifled muzzle shell calibre inch gun weighed pounds gun weighed long tons muzzle velocity credited ability penetrate inches wrought iron armour muzzle armour entire prince consort class ships upper deck level downwards protected wrought iron armour tapered inches ends inches amidships armour extended feet inches waterline small conning tower fitted upper deck amidships proved ship guns fired armour backed sides ship inches thick service history laid august wooden deck gun ship line admiralty ordered june lengthened feet cut deck converted armoured frigate price ship launched march commissioned july completed september ocean initially served channel_fleet immediately transferred mediterranean far_east arrived october armoured ship double cape good hope canvas voyage ocean set record having sailed nautical miles august cold boilers greatest distance covered sail power british ironclad ocean served years docking ship relieved old station flagship vice admiral took command new crew carried hms captain assumed command ship ocean relieved turn hms iron duke drew water pass suez_canal admiralty ordered return home cape good hope steam ship foul averaged knots voyage ocean lost lot time far_east bad state ship relegated dockyard reserve sold
HMS Ocean (1862)