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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bulwark			Chatham DYd	8.3.1859	---	---	cancelled 8.1872
Repulse			Woolwich DYd	29.4.1859	---	---	built as ironclad since 14.5.1861
Zealous			Pembroke DYd	26.10.1859	---	---	built as ironclad since 2.7.1862
Robust			Devonport DYd	31.10.1859	---	---	cancelled 8.1872
Royal Alfred			Portsmouth DYd	1.12.1859	---	---	built as ironclad since 5.6.1861
Royal Oak			Chatham DYd	1.5.1860	---	---	built as ironclad since 14.5.1861
Triumph			Pembroke DYd	13.8.1860	---	---	built as ironclad Prince Consort since 31.5.1861
Kent			Portsmouth DYd	13.6.1860	---	---	cancelled 12.1863
Ocean			Devonport DYd	23.8.1860	---	---	built as ironclad since 5.6.1861
Caledonia			Woolwich DYd	1.10.1860	---	---	built as ironclad since 31.5.1861

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5706
Displacement full, t
Length, m	76.8 pp
Breadth, m	17.7
Draught, m	7.77 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE
Power, h. p.	800nhp
Max speed, kts
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 204/15 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 36 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 58cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 42cwt SBML
Complement	860

Project history

New 91-gun ships. Surveyor's Department design of 1858. Seven ships were completed as ironclads, others were cancelled. Unstarted Blake and Pitt were also cancelled in 1862. Developed from 101-gun Duncan class with new timbering plan. Robust originally was ordered as 100-gun ship, then in 1858 she was altered to 91-gun. Wooden hull.