NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Royal Alfred			Portsmouth DYd	1.12.1859	15.10.1864	23.3.1867	sold 12.1885

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6720
Displacement full, t
Length, m	83.2 pp
Breadth, m	17.9
Draught, m	7.19
No of shafts	1
Machinery	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE, return connection rod, double piston pods, 6 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	3434
Max speed, kts	12.4
Fuel, t	coal 550
Endurance, nm(kts)	2200(5)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 152 with 749mm oak backing, bulkheads 114
Armament	10 x 1 - 229/14 MLR Mk IV, 8 x 1 - 178/16 MLR Mk III, 6 x 1 - saluting howitzers
Complement	605

Project history

Laid down as 90-gun 2nd rate, conversion to ironclad was approved in 1861. She was lengthened on the stocks priorto decision to hold up her conversion pending the results obtained from Royal Oak and Prince Consort class. Finally it was decided to adopt a box battery and heavy guns and armour as provided for Bellerophon. 229mm guns were mounted in the battery and two 178mm guns were mounted at each end of the main deck behind armour and unprotected on the upper deck. Ship was ship-rigged, with 2700m² sail area. She was equally as fast under sail or steam and handled well, being a good seaboat apart from a heavy roll.

Ship protection

Full length belt was 152mm amidships and 102mm at the ends and extended from the main deck to 1.7m below the waterline. Between the main and upper deck 152mm armour was provided over the 35m length of the central battery with 114mm at the extreme bow and stern to protect the main deck chase guns.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.