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weighed 6.5 long tons (6.6 t) and fired a 112-pound (50.8 kg) shell. It was credited with the ability to penetrate 7.7 inches (196 mm) of armour. In 1867 four of these guns were replaced by eight-inch (203 mm) rifled muzzle-loaders. The shell of the 15-calibre eight-inch gun
537:. The Admiralty ordered on 5 June 1861 that she be lengthened 23 feet (7.0 m), cut down one deck, and converted to an armoured frigate for the price of £298,851. The ship was launched on 19 March 1863 and commissioned in July 1866, but was not completed until 6 September 1866.
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was fitted on each side of the upper deck amidships, but these proved to be untenable when the ship's guns were fired. The armour was backed by the sides of the ship which were 29.5 inches (749 mm) thick.
441:-rigged with three masts and had a sail area of 25,000 square feet (2,300 m). Her best speed with the propeller disconnected and under sail alone was 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph).
621:. The Admiralty therefore ordered that she return home via the Cape of Good Hope using steam. The ship's bottom was very foul and she averaged only 4.5 knots (8.3 km/h) during the voyage.
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set a record in having sailed 243 nautical miles (450 km; 280 mi) on 26 August 1867 with cold boilers, the greatest distance ever covered under sail power by a
British ironclad.
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had lost a lot of sheathing during her time in the Far East and much of her planking was in a bad state. The ship was therefore relegated to dockyard reserve until sold in 1882, to
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armour that tapered from 4.5 inches (114 mm) amidships to 3 inches (76 mm) at the ends. The armour extended 5 feet 6 inches (1.7 m) below the
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Channel Fleet, but she was almost immediately transferred to the Mediterranean, and from there to the Far East; she arrived in
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of 24 feet 5 inches (7.4 m) forward and 27 feet 6 inches (8.4 m) aft. She displaced 6,832 long tons (6,942 t).
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of 6.01 feet (1.83 m) which meant that she rolled a lot and was an unsteady gun platform. Her hull was sheathed with
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in June 1864 which gave the ship a maximum speed of 12.9
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804:. No. 14730. London. 18 October 1871. p. 7.
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in 1872, but drew too much water to pass through the
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457:which she retained for the rest of her career.
340:. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the
633:, London, to decorate Castle's yard entrance.
336:, and was converted during construction to an
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281:7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
195:27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
1080:Bulwark-class battleships (1859)
843:Ballard, G. A., Admiral (1980).
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301:: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm)
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918:Silverstone, Paul H. (1984).
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800:"Mercantile Ship News".
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147:General characteristics
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360:Design and description
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684:Silverstone, p. 157
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1074:Categories
837:References
825:8 November
619:Suez Canal
474:chase guns
447:mizzenmast
423:sea trials
402:Propulsion
396:biofouling
394:to reduce
372:and had a
317:Royal Navy
268:Complement
222:Propulsion
1007:Caledonia
993:Royal Oak
863:cite book
637:Footnotes
614:Iron Duke
612:HMS
575:HMS
561:HMS
514:waterline
356:in 1882.
327:ironclads
233:Sail plan
138:Sold for
130:June 1872
122:July 1866
111:Completed
95:Laid down
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627:Castle's
461:Armament
455:ship rig
346:flagship
319:'s four
276:Armament
103:Launched
90:£298,851
979:Zealous
972:Repulse
958:Bulwark
944:Bulwark
597:Chinese
582:Captain
577:Donegal
543:Batavia
478:calibre
415:boilers
378:draught
350:reserve
299:Battery
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192:Draught
77:Builder
47:History
41:in 1868
1051:Duncan
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386:had a
324:-class
287:Armour
237:Barque
176:Length
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142:, 1882
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1021:Blake
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354:scrap
312:Ocean
279:24 ×
256:Range
249:knots
244:Speed
140:scrap
71:Ocean
39:Ocean
1059:None
1035:Pitt
1028:Kent
924:ISBN
905:ISBN
886:ISBN
869:link
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