LORD CLYDE wooden central battery ironclad (1866)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Lord Clyde			Pembroke DYd	29.9.1863	13.10.1864	2.6.1866	sold 11.1875

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	7750
Displacement full, t
Length, m	85.3 pp
Breadth, m	18.0
Draught, m	7.92 hold depth
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk, 9 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	6442
Max speed, kts	11.9
Fuel, t	coal 600
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 140-114 with 152mm oak backing, battery: 140-114 with 152mm oak plating, CT: 114
Armament	24 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III
Complement	605

Project history

Wooden purpose-built ironclad, design was based on the design of Bellerophon with dimension modified to suit a wooden hull and the battery armour extended the full length of the ship. Ship had ram bow and was ship-rigged, with 2900m² sail area. She was handy under sail, making up to 10kts but rolled heavily.

Ship protection

Full length waterline belt 140mm amidships and 114mm at the ends wake up by full length 140-114mm battery armour. The wooden hull had 37mm iron skin and waterline belt was sheathed with 102mm oak.

Modernizations

1870: re-engined; - 22 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 229/14 MLR Mk IV, 14 x 1 - 203/15 MLR Mk III, 2 x 1 - 100/21 20pdr BL (saluting)

Naval service